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| bearskin |
the pelt or hide of a bear. [1/2 definitions] |
| beaver1 |
an amphibious rodent with a thick brown pelt, a wide flat tail, and front teeth used as chisels to fell and strip small trees in the building of its damlike habitat. [2/3 definitions] |
| blue fox |
the pelt of this animal, or the fur of a white fox dyed bluish. [1/2 definitions] |
| broadtail |
the wavy, glossy black pelt of a newborn or stillborn karakul lamb. |
| chamois |
to treat (a pelt) with oil to make chamois leather. [1/5 definitions] |
| coonskin |
a raccoon pelt, or something made of one. |
| fell4 |
an animal hide; pelt. |
| fisher |
the pelt of this animal. [1/3 definitions] |
| fleece |
the pelt of an animal together with the wool. [1/7 definitions] |
| karakul |
the pelt of a karakul lamb; caracul. [1/2 definitions] |
| narwhal |
any of a species of toothed whale that lives in the Arctic, has a spotted pelt, and, on the male, a long spirally, twisted ivory tusk projecting from the upper jaw. |
| pepper |
to pelt or hit with small objects. [1/8 definitions] |
| Persian lamb |
the silky, tightly curled black or gray pelt of a lamb of the karakul sheep of Asia, used in the making of fur coats and hats. |
| rabbit |
the fur or pelt of such mammals. [1/2 definitions] |
| sealskin |
the skin or pelt of a seal, esp. a fur seal, or such a skin prepared for making garments. [1/2 definitions] |
| skin |
the skin and fur removed from an animal; pelt. [1/8 definitions] |
| snowball |
to pelt with snowballs. [1/4 definitions] |
| wolf |
the pelt of this animal. [1/6 definitions] |
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