manicate

Covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

Adjective

  1. Covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
    • manicate caeca of worms

Origin

From Latin mānicātus (“sleeved”), from mānicae (“sleeves”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Forms

more manicate most manicate