lanugo

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lanugo

/ləˈnjuːɡəʊ/

noun lanugos

countable, uncountable Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area. From the presence of the woolly hair or lanugo on the human fœtus, and of rudimentary hairs scattered over the body during maturity, we may infer that man is descended from some animal which was born hairy and remained so during life.

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noun soft down or fine hair

Español	lanugo
中文	胎毛 tāimáo, 胎髮 /胎发 tāifà, 奶毛 nǎimáo
Français	lanugo
Deutsch	Lanugo
Italiano	lanugo, lanugine

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@misc{lanugo_2026,
  title = {lanugo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lanugo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}