lanate

2 definitions found

lanate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lanate \La"nate\, Lanated \La"na*ted\, [L. lanatus, fr. lana
     wool, down.]
     1. Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: (Biol.) covered with dense often matted or curly
        hairs.
  
     Syn: wooly, woolly.
          [WordNet 1.5]

lanate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lanate
      adj 1: covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments;
             "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton"
             [syn: lanate, woolly]