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Meaning of hairs

- The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.
- One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
- Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
- A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
- A haircloth.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Crossword clue for hairs

- Brush or comb this
- Filament
- Fur
- Head covering
- Head growth
- Headlocks?
- Locks
- Mane
- Musical is hot air
- Musical strands?
- Natural head covering
- Nude musical
- Nude rock musical
- Tresses
- Whisker
- Eyelashes, e.g.
- Eyelashes, eg
- Fine threadlike strands
- Nitpick, split ...
- Pet fur fibres
- Quibblers split these
- Scalp strands
- Split during the nitpicking