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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

hispidus

: cf. F.

hispide

Rough with bristles or minute spines.

(Bot. & Zool.)

Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

Adj.

[L. hispidus.] Rough.

In botany, having strong hairs or bristles; beset with stiff bristles.

hispid ‎(comparative more hispid, superlative most hispid)

(obsolete outside sciences) Covered in short, stiff hairs; bristly.
The hispid hare inhabits forested areas.