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Definition of Shorthairs
1. shorthair [n] - See also: shorthair
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorthairs
Literary usage of Shorthairs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Chemical means are also resorted to. shorthairs, silk stockings (American), the
names of two branches of the Democratic party in the Western States. ..."
2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1867)
"Arista towards the tip feathered with shorthairs. Cilia of the inferior orbit black.
The spot on each side near the transverse suture of the thorax is ..."
3. ... New Species of North American Coleoptera by John Lawrence LeConte (1867)
"... with shorthairs. Cilia of the inferior orbit black. The spot on each side near
the transverse suture of the thorax is covered with white dust, ..."
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