Definition of Long-haired

1. Adjective. With long hair. "Long-haired hippies"

Similar to: Haired, Hairy, Hirsute

Definition of Long-haired

1. Adjective. Having long, uncut hair on the head. ¹

2. Adjective. Having fur with long hairs (animals). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-haired

long-dated
long-day plant
long-distance
long-distance call
long-distance runner
long-drawn
long-drawn-out
long-eared bat
long-eared owl
long-eared owls
long-established
long-faced
long-familiar
long-fin tunny
long-fingered frog
long-haired (current term)
long-handled
long-handled spade
long-haul
long-hauls
long-head coneflower
long-headed
long-held
long-horned
long-horned beetle
long-jawed spider
long-jumper
long-lasting
long-leafed

Literary usage of Long-haired

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"This fact was first discovered accidentally when a number of long-haired young were obtained by inbreeding a stock of short-haired guinea-pigs supposedly ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"We probably obtained many of our long-haired cats from around the Persian Gulf, ... The Siamese soon succumbs to dampness, but the long-haired cats, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"long-haired individuals mated together were found to produce only long-haired ... It was found, in short, that the long-haired character is a Mendelian ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... bark fibre, twisted strips of skin, and various kinds of animal hair, including that of a special breed of long-haired white dog now extinct. ..."

5. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"Suppose a long-haired rabbit crossed by a short- haired rabbit, the offspring will be all. short-haired. But out of eight ova produced by a female hybrid ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The ears and feet in the long-haired species should be well feathered or ... The coat of a long-haired cat is soft and silky, hanging in wavy masses, ..."

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