Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The soft, fine undercoat of certain mammals, such as otters, beavers, and seals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The coat of soft, fine hair, or fur, found in many mammals, overlain by longer, coarser hairs. The underfur forms the principal furs of commerce, such as the beaver, otter, fur-seal, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The thick, soft
undercoat of somemammals , especially those that spend time in the water
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair
Etymologies
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Examples
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In fact, the underfur was no longer available in quantity, for beaver populations had precipitously declined, a hard fact noted by old trappers who remembered the glory days when the animals were so numerous a man could whack them dead with a stick.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In fact, the underfur was no longer available in quantity, for beaver populations had precipitously declined, a hard fact noted by old trappers who remembered the glory days when the animals were so numerous a man could whack them dead with a stick.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In fact, the underfur was no longer available in quantity, for beaver populations had precipitously declined, a hard fact noted by old trappers who remembered the glory days when the animals were so numerous a man could whack them dead with a stick.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In fact, the underfur was no longer available in quantity, for beaver populations had precipitously declined, a hard fact noted by old trappers who remembered the glory days when the animals were so numerous a man could whack them dead with a stick.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Collection of the underfur causes the death of the chiru.
Ying Ying the Chiru (Tibetan Antelope), try not to buy shahtoosh Sun Bin 2005
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It is being slaughtered illegally by the thousands for its wool actually, the underfur of the chiru, which is known in the international market as "shahtoosh" or "king of wool."
Ying Ying the Chiru (Tibetan Antelope), try not to buy shahtoosh Sun Bin 2005
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Fog settles onto damp leaves in the woods - not Prufrock's yellow fog or the amber fog of the suburbs, but a gray-white hanging mist that feels like the down or underfur of some pervasive beast.
From On High 2004
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Fog settles onto damp leaves in the woods - not Prufrock's yellow fog or the amber fog of the suburbs, but a gray-white hanging mist that feels like the down or underfur of some pervasive beast.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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For generations until 1684, the maharajah of Kashmir had exclusive rights to the underfur combed from the throat and belly of this cold old goat.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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For generations until 1684, the maharajah of Kashmir had exclusive rights to the underfur combed from the throat and belly of this cold old goat.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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