Mammals Hairy Coat Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "FUR" which means:

noun
• • The dressed hairy coat of a mammal
• • Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
• • A garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur
verb
• • To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
• • To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
• • To level a surface by applying furring to it.
preposition
• • Towards; in the direction of.
• • Directed at; intended to belong to.
• • In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
• • To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
• • Supporting, in favour of.
• • Because of.
• • Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
• • Over (a period of time).
• • Throughout or across (a distance in space).
• • Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
• • On behalf of.
• • In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
• • In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
• • In order to obtain or acquire.
• • By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
• • To be, or as being.
• • (usually in the phrase 'for all') despite, in spite of.
• • Indicating something desired or anticipated.
• • (in expressions such as 'for a start') introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
• • (with names) in honor of; after.
• • Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
• • Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
• • Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
• • Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
• • Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
conjunction
• • Because, as, since.

An example sentence would be:

• • "She wore a luxurious fur coat to the party."
• • "The cat's fur was soft and shiny."

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