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Wool
1 : the soft wavy or curly usually thick undercoat of various hairy mammals and especially the sheep made up of a matrix of keratin fibres and covered with minute scales
2 : a product of wool; especially : a woven fabric or garment of such fabric
3 a : a dense felted pubescence especially on a plant : tomentum b : a filamentous mass —usually used in combination — compare mineral wool, steel wool
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