GUARD HAIR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("guard hair" is a kind of...):

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Holonyms ("guard hair" is a part of...):

fur (dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel))

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