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Meanings of underfur in inglés

Thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair.

Synonyms
Examples for "undercoat"
Examples for "undercoat"
1
The musk ox sheds about six pounds of its undercoat each summer.
The new yorker
2
His plate-and-mail armor gleamed like silver against his snowy cloak and undercoat.
To the blight: the eye of the world
3
Like the beaver, it is furnished with an undercoat of soft downy fur.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
4
By the time he got out, Cynder was reverting to his silver undercoat.
Wired
5
The ESB put on the undercoat and neighbours did the rest.
The Irish Times
Usage of underfur in inglés
1
Whinney's shaggy coat was heavy even in summer, though it would be much thicker in winter when the dense underfur grew in.
The Plains of Passage
2
It is important. He darted forward, as if to pull out a tuft of my underfur, then stopped just short of my chest.
Secrets of the Wolves
3
"It is too warm to keep them all." He darted forward suddenly to grab a hunk of underfur from Ázzuen's chest.
Secrets of the Wolves
Frequent collocations
Underfur through the time