Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vellus hair

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: vel-lus hair
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Short, fine, light-colored, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a person's body during childhood.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An individual strand of vellus hair

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

vellus hairs (plural)

Questions

What does vellus hair mean?: Short, fine, light-colored, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a person's body during childhood.

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