lanate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments
    woolly.
    • the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton

WordNet


La"nate, La"na*ted (Also<
  • Lanate
  • Lanated
)
Etymology
L. lanatus, fr. lana wool, down.
Definitions
  1. Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

Webster 1913