UNDERFUR

Meaning of UNDERFUR in English

/un"deuhr ferr'/ , n.

the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat under the longer and coarser outer hair in certain animals, as seals, otters, and beavers. Also called underwool .

[ 1875-80; UNDER- + FUR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

UNDERFUR — noun Date: 1877 an undercoat of fur especially when thick and soft
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UNDERFUR — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + fur : the thick soft sometimes curly and barbed fur lying beneath the longer …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNDERFUR — n. dense inner layer of fur in certain animals whose habitat is water
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UNDERFUR — noun Date: 1877 : an undercoat of fur especially when thick and soft
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNDERFUR — ■ noun an inner layer of short, fine fur or down underlying an animal's outer fur.
Concise Oxford English vocab
UNDERFUR — [un.der.fur] n (1877): an undercoat of fur esp. when thick and soft
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UNDERFUR — n. Pronunciation: ' ə n-d ə r- ˌ f ə r Function: noun Date: 1877 : an undercoat of fur …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
UNDERWOOL — noun Date: 1939 short woolly underfur
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SEA LION — noun Date: 1697 any of several Pacific eared seals (as genera Eumetopias and Zalophus ) that are usually larger than …
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FUR SEAL — noun Date: 1775 any of two genera ( Callorhinus and Arctocephalus ) of eared seals that have a double coat …
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MUSKRAT — Either of two semiaquatic, brown rodent species (family Cricetidae) native to marshes, shallow lakes, and streams of North America and …
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MOUNTAIN GOAT — or Rocky Mountain goat bovid species Oreamnos americanus ) of the Yukon to the northern Rockies that is more closely …
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MINK — Either of two species of nocturnal, semiaquatic carnivores in the weasel family (Mustelidae) that are trapped and raised commercially for …
Английский словарь Британика
FUR SEAL — Any of nine species of eared seal s valued for their fur, especially the chestnut-coloured underfur. Fur seals live in …
Английский словарь Британика
UNDERWOOL — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + wool : short woolly underfur or underhair (as of a rabbit)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA OTTER — noun 1. : a rare large marine otter ( Enhydra lutris ) of the northern Pacific coasts that attains a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAIR SEAL — noun 1. : a seal whose coat lacks underfur 2. a. : the fur of the hair seal b. : …
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GUARD HAIR — noun : any of the long coarse hairs forming a protective coating over the underfur of a furred mammal ; …
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GOLDEN MOLE — noun : any of several fossorial insectivores of southern Africa constituting Chrysochloris and related genera and having iridescent guard hairs …
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FUR SEAL — noun : any of various eared seals that have a double coat with a dense soft underfur highly valued for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNDERWOOL — /un"deuhr wool'/ , n. underfur. [ 1905-10 in sense "underwear"; 1935-40 for current sense; UNDER- + WOOL ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FUR SEAL — any of several eared seals of the family Otariidae valued for the quality of their fur. The northern fur seal …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOX — any of various members of the dog family (Canidae) resembling small to medium-sized, bushy-tailed dogs with long fur, pointed ears, …
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