Definitions for lanugo

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lanugo la·nu·go

Spelling: [luh-noo-goh, -nyoo-]

IPA: /ləˈnu goʊ, -ˈnyu-/

Lanugo is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in lanugo (aglnou).

Definitions for lanugo

noun

1. a coat of delicate, downy hairs, especially that with which the human fetus or a newborn infant is covered.

Origin of lanugo

1670-80; Latin lānūgō wooliness, down, derivative of lāna wool

Examples for lanugo

Man comes into the world covered almost entirely with lanugo or short fine hair.

I have included the down on the human body and the lanugo on the foetus as a rudimentary representation of a hairy coat.