Definition of "villosity" []

• The condition of being villous. (noun)
• A villous formation, surface, or coating. (noun)
• A villus. (noun)

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• "When talking about the rights denied our fellow sentient animals, Jeremy Bentham asked, “It may come one day to be recognized that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons… insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being."
• "It may come one day to be recognized, that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate."
• "It may come one day to be recognized that the number of the legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate."