Usually means: Outermost layer, protects undercoat, waterproof.
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  1. guard hair: Merriam-Webster
  2. guard hair: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. guard hair: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. guard hair: Collins English Dictionary
  5. guard hair: Vocabulary.com
  6. guard hair: Wiktionary
  7. guard hair: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. guard hair: Dictionary.com
  9. Guard hair: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. guard hair: Rhymezone
  11. guard hair: FreeDictionary.org
  12. guard hair: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. guard hair: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. guard hair: Encyclopedia

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  1. guard hair: Medical dictionary

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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.

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