facial hair
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facial hair
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From facial + hair. First use appears c. 1830, in the Morning Herald.
noun facial hairs
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Hair on, or from, the face of a human, such as the eyebrows, beard or moustache.
Shaving gear? The man had a beard—or he had one the last time Marianne had seen him. And yet there were flecks of shaving foam and facial hair in the sink.
Similar: face pubes
- Hair on, or from, the face of an animal.
- A single hair on, or from, the face. Wielding a cotton bud like a miniature police truncheon, she pointed to one small black hair I’d never noticed sprouting from my chin. It looked, in the magnified looking glass, like a sequoia tree. / ‘Where the hell did that come from?’ / ‘It’s normal as we age that . . .’ / ‘Would you stop with al
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noun hair on the face of a human
| Español | vello facial |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ヒゲ hige |
| 中文 | 鬍子 /胡子 húzi |
| Português | pelo facial |
| Français | poils du visage, pilosité faciale |
| Deutsch | Gesichtsbehaarung |
| Română | păr facial |
| Русский | во́лосы на лице́ vólosy na licé |
| Tiếng Việt | lông mặt |
noun hair on the face of an animal
| 中文 | 毛 máo |
|---|---|
| Português | pelo facial |
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title = {facial hair},
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