Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having soft or fine pelage or plumage, as a quadruped or bird; being fleecy, fluffy, or downy, as hair or feathers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having soft hairs; downy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having soft hairs; downy.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin mollis soft + pilosus hairy.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mollipilose.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • Having plumage that is soft or fine; fleecy, fluffy, downy.

    April 21, 2009

  • Nancy Pelosi.

    That's all I've got...too tired to make a joke.

    *sniff*

    April 21, 2009

  • 1890 Cent. Dict. Mollipilose, having soft or fine pelage or plumage, as a quadruped or bird.

    May 14, 2015