noun
1. any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
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there is a hair in my soup
• Syn: ↑hair
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pilar
• Hyponyms: ↑ingrown hair
2. hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
• Hypernyms: ↑hair
• Part Holonyms: ↑microorganism, ↑micro-organism
Useful english dictionary. 2012.