lanugo

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lanugo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lanugo \La*nu"go\, n. [See Lanuginose.] (Anat.)
     The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal
     fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
     [1913 Webster]

lanugo - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lanugo
      n 1: the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed
           during the ninth month of gestation