atalapha cinerea

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atalapha cinerea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoary \Hoar"y\, a.
     1. White or whitish. "The hoary willows." --Addison.
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     2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
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              Reverence the hoary head.             --Dr. T.
                                                    Dwight.
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     3. Hence, remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
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     4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.] --Knolles.
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     5. (Zool.) Of a pale silvery gray.
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     6. (Bot.) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs;
        canescent.
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     Hoary bat (Zool.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea),
        having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.
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