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Recent Examples of underfur
The first coat is often dense underfur packed closely against the skin, like a warm base layer.
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 30 June 2022
The visitor center and gift shop are in a historic Matanuska Colony barn where visitors can purchase garments woven from qiviut, the underfur that combed from the musk ox.
—Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2018
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 30 June 2022
The visitor center and gift shop are in a historic Matanuska Colony barn where visitors can purchase garments woven from qiviut, the underfur that combed from the musk ox.
—Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underfur
Noun
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And good wool creates great sweaters.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
3 Nov. 2025
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Craftsmanship takes precedence in these moisture-wicking and super resilient slippers, made from all-natural wool sourced from small farms in Kyrgyzstan.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Well, for starters, cashmere comes from the downy undercoat of specific breeds of goats.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
9 Oct. 2025
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The $1,850 scarves start with 400 grams of raw cashmere sheared from the undercoat of high-altitude hircus goats.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The top coat gave it an extra gel-like finish.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The ready-to-wear collection includes coats, tailoring and knitwear, shirts, dresses and custom prints.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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However, multiple studies over the past 50 years have highlighted the distinctions between different types of giraffe based on their pelage patterns, cranial and postcranial morphology, genetics, ecology, and behavior.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Most are taken in spring and fall when their pelage is out of sync with the current weather pattern.—
John Schandelmeier,
Anchorage Daily News,
12 Feb. 2023
Noun
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His fur was singed and bitten, his arm broken, and his mouth crawling with maggots.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Another possible explanation for the name is that this was also the season when people set beaver traps during the fur trade.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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At least setting up for the party gives the crew something else to do besides dressing the women’s wounds and blow-drying their hair.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet, asked specifically about the fine hairs separating the top three undefeated teams in this first ranking, Mack Rhoades, the committee chair and athletic director at Baylor, sounded like a man torn between numbers and gut feelings.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Underfur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underfur. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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