piloerector

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A muscle responsible for piloerection.
    — Nor should we neglect that quintessentially mammalian trait, our hair, which, at the behest of tiny piloerector muscles at the base of each strand, can puff up to trap pockets of still air, one of the finest insulators known.

词形变化

piloerectors plural

词源

From pilo- + erector.
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