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The first coat is often dense underfur packed closely against the skin, like a warm base layer.
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 30 June 2022
The visitor center and gift shop are in a historic Matanuska Colony barn where visitors can purchase garments woven from qiviut, the underfur that combed from the musk ox.
—Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2018
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 30 June 2022
The visitor center and gift shop are in a historic Matanuska Colony barn where visitors can purchase garments woven from qiviut, the underfur that combed from the musk ox.
—Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2018
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“Underfur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underfur. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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underfur
noun
un·der·fur
ˈən-dər-ˌfər 
: the thick soft undercoat of fur lying beneath the longer and coarser hair of a mammal
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