LANUGO


Meaning of LANUGO in English

/leuh nooh"goh, -nyooh"-/ , n. , pl. lanugos . Biol.

a coat of delicate, downy hairs, esp. that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.

[ 1670-80; lanugo wooliness, down, deriv. of lana WOOL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .