fur
裘皮,毛皮,皮毛,皮草
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Definitions
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- : the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- : the skin of certain animals, as the sable, ermine, or beaver, covered with such a coat, used for lining, trimming, or making garments.
- : a garment made of fur.
- : any coating resembling or suggesting fur, as certain matter on the tongue.
- : Heraldry. any conventional representation of a fur, as ermine, vair, potent, or their variations.
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- : of or relating to fur, animal skins, dressed pelts, etc.: a fur coat; a fur trader.
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furred, fur·ring.
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Examples
Two days later, they found infectious virus in the cages as well as on the animals’ fur, ears and paws.
A transferable vaccine can be given to a bat, for example, as a paste on its fur.
The disappearance of otters, once trapped for their fur, allowed their food supplies — sea urchins, crabs and clams — to flourish.
Cats spread this protein across their fur when they lick themselves.
If the area is thorny, then dogs with longer fur will be better protected.
Last year, her group successfully helped push through a measure that made the sale of cat fur illegal in the country.
Anderson pleaded with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ban clothing made from animal fur.
She holds a young girl closely inside her oversized fur coat; both gaze into lens.
Her father, who managed a fur trading business in China, died when she was 5.
MOSCOW — Fur coats may well be in high demand this winter among those glamorous ladies in Ukraine who can afford them.
He can't talk much, though; 'tain't good fur him; his lungs is out er kilter.
With horror she had heard her brother addressed by a disreputable costermonger in a mangy cap, as "Old pal."