fur
English Thesaurus
1. dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | coat, pelage, |
| definition | : | growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | undercoat, underfur, |
| definition | : | thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | guard hair, |
| definition | : | coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals (noun.animal) |
2. a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | garment, |
| definition | : | an article of clothing (noun.artifact) |
3. the dressed hairy coat of a mammal (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | animal skin, |
| definition | : | the outer covering of an animal (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | astrakhan, |
| definition | : | the fur of young lambs (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | bearskin, |
| definition | : | the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | beaver, beaver fur, |
| definition | : | the soft brown fur of the beaver (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | chinchilla, |
| definition | : | the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | ermine, |
| definition | : | the expensive white fur of the ermine (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | fox, |
| definition | : | the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lambskin, |
| definition | : | the skin of a lamb with the wool still on (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lapin, rabbit, |
| definition | : | the fur of a rabbit (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | leopard, |
| definition | : | the pelt of a leopard (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | mink, |
| definition | : | the expensive fur of a mink (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | otter, |
| definition | : | the fur of an otter (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | raccoon, |
| definition | : | the fur of the North American racoon (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | sable, |
| definition | : | the expensive dark brown fur of the marten (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | seal, sealskin, |
| definition | : | the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | squirrel, |
| definition | : | the fur of a squirrel (noun.substance) |
4. dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | furred, furry, |
| definition | : | covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | furred, furry, |
| definition | : | covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs (adj.all) |
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