Hoary /(?)/

Hoar·y

Hoary

a.
  1. White or whitish.
  2. White or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.
    Reverence the hoary head.
    — Dr. T. Dwight.
  3. remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.
  4. Moldy; mossy; musty. [Obs.]
  5. Of a pale silvery gray. (Zool.)
  6. Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. (Bot.)

Phrases & Compounds

Hoary bat
an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.