dasy- +

(Greek: thick, shaggy, hairy, dense)

dasymeter

An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas, or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.

dasypedes, dasypaedes

Those birds whose young are covered with down (hairy fibers) when hatched.

dasyphyllous

Having very hairy leaves.

dasypod

An animal with hairy or rough feet; such as, the armadillo.

dasypygal

1. Having hairy buttocks; rough bottomed.
2. Etymology: from Greek dasy-, "hairy, dense" + pyg-, "buttocks".

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(Greek: thick, shaggy, hairy, dense)

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