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hair(shock, being, hair, mop)
14
quill(short, grass, hair, fur)
12
thorn(point, short, spike, hook)
10
barb(point, short, sharpness, spike)
9
prickle(verb, rise, point, short)
9
point(short, sharpness, spike, hook)
9
teem(verb, bear, swell, big)
9
whisker(short, hair, stubble, coarse hair)
8
spine(point, short, sharpness, spike)
7
spike(point, sharpness, hook, hair)
6
needle(sharpness, spike, spine)
5
stubble(short, hair)
4
fiber(shock, short, grass, hair)
4
fibre
4
mane(shock, grass, hair, fur)
4
seta
3
bramble
3
brier
3
burr
3
fur
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