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| dusty miller |
any of various flowering plants and herbs having whitish, downy or woolly foliage. |
| edelweiss |
a small plant of the Alps, having whitish woolly leaves and bearing white flowers. |
| flocculent |
covered with a woolly secretion, as certain insects. [2/3 definitions] |
| guanaco |
a reddish brown woolly ruminant animal that is related to the llama and alpaca. |
| harp seal |
a migratory seal of arctic regions, whose young have white, woolly fur. |
| llama |
any of several woolly-haired mammals of South America that are related to but smaller than camels and are sometimes raised for their wool. [1/2 definitions] |
| loris |
any of several small nocturnal primates of southeastern Asia, having large eyes and woolly fur and living in trees. |
| mohair |
a soft yarn or woolly cloth made from this hair, often mixed with cotton. [1/2 definitions] |
| panda |
a large bearlike mammal of China and Tibet that has woolly fur with dramatic black and white markings, including black rings around the eyes; giant panda. [1/2 definitions] |
| pashm |
the fine woolly underhair of domestic Himalayan goats. |
| phalanger |
any of various small, herbivorous, tree-dwelling marsupials of Australia that have foxlike ears, dense woolly fur, and a long bushy tail. |
| Sherpa |
(l.c.) a woolly fabric used esp. as a lining for winter clothing. [1/2 definitions] |
| tiger moth |
any of numerous moths that are often brightly colored and have conspicuous stripes or spots on their wings, and whose larvae have woolly coats. |
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