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noun the fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ Proto-Italic *wlāna Latin lāna Latin -ūgō Latin lānūgōbor. English lanugo Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.
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