vello

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair
  • facial hair

Etymology

Inherited from Latin villus (hair, shaggy hair, tuft of hair, down, tuft, woolly hair).

Origin

Latin

villus

Gloss

hair, shaggy hair, tuft of hair, down, tuft, woolly hair

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

髪

Emoji
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