A Latin or scientific term meaning 'having hair' or 'hairy,' used in biological and anatomical descriptions.
Direct from Latin capillatus, the past participle of capillare meaning 'to provide with hair,' derived from capillus meaning 'hair.'
Scientists still use Latin adjectives like capillatus in technical descriptions because it creates universal language that works across all languages—a 300-year-old paper and a modern study can reference the same term!
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