Fuzz
Lanugo
Lanugo noun - The fine downy hair covering a human fetus; normally shed during the ninth month of gestation.
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There is a chance they could be covered in a peach fuzz-like substance called lanugo (a remnant of when our ancestors were a lot hairier than we are now; most fetuses lose it before birth, but obviously, a few don't).
Source: Three-Month-Old Newborn
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Lanugo and Fuzz. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fuzz/lanugo
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