How To Use underfur In A Sentence
- Another characteristic of aquatic and semiaquatic mammals is that they are often well insulated; beavers accomplish insulation by a pelage that consists of long overfur (guard hairs) and dense underfur.
- The pelage consists almost entirely of underfur; it is remarkably iridescent, fine, and silky.
- The fur of sea otters is very dense with an insulating underfur and a layer of long guard hairs over the top which trap a layer of air, adding further to the insulation.
- The fur of sea otters is very dense with an insulating underfur and a layer of long guard hairs over the top which trap a layer of air, adding further to the insulation.
- It is being slaughtered illegally by the thousands for its wool actually, the underfur of the chiru, which is known in the international market as "shahtoosh" or "king of wool. Ying Ying the Chiru (Tibetan Antelope), try not to buy shahtoosh
- Fog settles onto damp leaves in the woods - not Prufrock's yellow fog or the amber fog of the suburbs, but a gray-white hanging mist that feels like the down or underfur of some pervasive beast. From On High
- When you look at fur, especially the really dense fur of mammals, you look at that underfur, and it looks like down.
- For generations until 1684, the maharajah of Kashmir had exclusive rights to the underfur combed from the throat and belly of this cold old goat. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
- The pelage of cane rats is unusual, made up of coarse, flattened or grooved bristle-like hairs, and lacking underfur.
- Beneath the overfur is short underfur of finer texture.
