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a filamentous projection or process on an organism any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup" dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair" filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair''s-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" |
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