a. Zool. and Bot. Also stuppeous. [f. L. stūpe-us, stuppe-us made or consisting of tow, f. stūpa, stuppa: see STUPE sb.1 and -OUS.] Having, or covered with, matted or tufted hairs or filaments.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. xlvi. 275. Stupeous, covered with long loose scales resembling tow. Ex. The Palpi of Lepidoptera.
1871. W. A. Leighton, Lichen-flora, 104. Medulla stuppeous.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, Stupeous, woolly.
