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GUARD HAIR
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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:
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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