pelo

Definitions of pelo
  1. noun
    growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
    synonyms: lana
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    lana
    outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
    primera mano
    thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair
  2. noun
    a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece
    synonyms: espiral
  3. noun
    a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
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    lana
    growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
    cabellera, cabello, crespo, mata de pelo
    growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
    remolino
    a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
    peinado, recogida, recogido, tocado
    the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
    bucle, chicho, espiral, rulo, sortija, tirabuzón
    a strand or cluster of hair
    ceja
    the arch of hair above each eye
    pestaña
    any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
    lana
    outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
    colmena
    a hairdo resembling a beehive
    corte, corte de pelo, pelado
    the style in which hair has been cut
    cabellera, mechón, melena, trenza, trenzado
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    castaña, moño, rodete
    a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck
    cola de caballo, coleta, melena, trenza
    a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail
    barba
    the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
    bigote, mostacho
    an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
    patilla
    facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off)
  4. noun
    a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
    synonyms: brizna, filamento, hilo
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    telaraña
    filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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    fibra
    a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
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