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Noun: lanugo  lu'n(y)oo-gow
  1. The fine downy hair covering a human foetus, normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
    "The baby was born prematurely and still had some lanugo on its body"

Derived forms: lanugos

Type of: down, pile

Encyclopedia: Lanugo