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guard hairs

guard hairs is the plural of guard hair.

Meaning of guard hair

Noun

guard hair (countable and uncountable, plural guard hairs)

  1. (uncountable) The top layer of fur on an animal, consisting of longer, generally coarser, nearly straight shafts of hair that protrude through the down hair layer.
  2. (countable) An individual hair of this layer.

Questions about guard hairs

What is guard hairs the plural of?
Guard hairs is the plural of guard hair.

Words near guard hairs in the dictionary

  1. guard cell
  2. guard cells
  3. guard dog
  4. guard dogs
  5. guard hair
  6. guard hairs
  7. guard lock
  8. guard locks
  9. guard mounting
  10. guard mountings
  11. guard of honor

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