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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. guard hairs: Merriam-Webster
  2. guard hairs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. guard hairs: Vocabulary.com
  4. guard hairs: Wiktionary
  5. Guard hairs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See guard_hair as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (guard hair)

noun:  (uncountable) The top layer of fur on an animal, consisting of longer, generally coarser, nearly straight shafts of hair that protrude through the down hair layer.
noun:  (countable) An individual hair of this layer.
▸ Also see guard_hair


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