hair ball

hair ball
hairball hair"ball`, hair ball hair" ball`(h[^a]r"b[e^]l`), n. a compact mass of hair that forms in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur; as, the cat coughed up a hairball right on the new rug. [WordNet sense 1 + 2] [WordNet 1.5]

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