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ANIMAL FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does animal fiber mean? 

ANIMAL FIBER (noun)
  The noun ANIMAL FIBER has 1 sense:

1. fiber derived from animalsplay

  Familiarity information: ANIMAL FIBER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANIMAL FIBER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fiber derived from animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

animal fiber; animal fibre

Hypernyms ("animal fiber" is a kind of...):

animal product (a product made from animal material)

natural fiber; natural fibre (fiber derived from plants or animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "animal fiber"):

horsehair (hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse)

silk (animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders)

wool (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)


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