Definition of "pubescence" []

• The state of being pubescent. (noun)
• The attainment or onset of puberty. (noun)
• A covering of soft down or short hairs, as on certain plants and insects. (noun)

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• "Pre-pubescence is a tough stage for you obviously."
• "Thorax thinly covered with long yellow pubescence, which is most dense at the sides of the metathorax; the tibiæ, tarsi, and posterior femora ferruginous; the claw-joint of the tarsi black; the tibiæ and tarsi with black spines; the wings fulvo-hyaline, their apex with a narrow fuscous border, the nervures ferruginous."
• "The presence of intermediate characters such as pubescence and flower size, however, make it hard to differentiate the two subspecies."