Thesaurus: woolly

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1. a. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
2. a. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool.
3. a. Clothed with wool.
4. a. Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.
5. adj. having a fluffy character or appearance
6. adj. confused and vague; used especially of thinking
7. adj. covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
8. adj. covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments
9. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. "My fleece of woolly hair." Shak. 3. Clothed with wool. "Woolly breeders." Shak. 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woolly bear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica). -- Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. -- Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Schizoneura, or Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight. -- Woolly macaco (Zoöl.), the mongoose lemur. -- Woolly maki (Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi, and woolly lemur. -- Woolly monkey (Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. -- Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
10. Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woollybear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths.The most common species in the United States are the salt-marshcaterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larvaof the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and theyellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (SpilosomaVirginica).-- Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia),so named because of its fibrous bark.-- Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Schizoneura, or Erisoma,lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It iscovered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling finewool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests theroots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight.-- Woolly macaco (Zoöl.), the mongoose lemur.-- Woolly maki (Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) nativeof Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi,and woolly lemur.-- Woolly monkey (Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genusLagothrix, as the caparro.-- Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinocerostichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered witha dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice ofSiberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
11. j:100 s having a fluffy character or appearance s confused and vague; used especially of thinking s covered with dense often matted or curly hairs s covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments