n, often attrib  1  :  a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal : esp  :  one of the usu. pigmented filaments that form the characteristic coat of a mammal  2  :  the hairy covering of an animal or a body part : esp  :  the coating of hairs on a human head hair*like adj 
 
   
 
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