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Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
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A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
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A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.
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Fabric made from the hair of certain animals: a coat of alpaca hair.
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A minute distance or narrow margin: won by a hair.
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