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axillary hair

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
ax-il-lary hair
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.

Uncountable

noun

A single strand of axillary hair.

Countable

Etymology

From axillary (“adjacent or pertaining to the armpit, axilla, or shoulder”) + hair.

Usage

Inflected Forms

axillary hairs (plural)

Phrases

pubic hair

Frequently Paired Words

pubic hair

Questions

What does axillary hair mean?
Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.
Where does axillary hair come from?
From axillary (“adjacent or pertaining to the armpit, axilla, or shoulder”) + hair.

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