Definition of "vellus" []

• The fine hair present on the body before puberty. (noun)

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• "I imagined her hair now as something fine, short, almost like vellus."
• "Many Asian women have dark peach fuzz or vellus hairs on their cheeks."
• "Hair dissipates in the center, in a Christmas tree pattern, and this happens as hormones wane and the strand caliber reverts to that of weaker, vellus hair."