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hairball

[ UK /hˈe‍əbɔːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur)

How To Use hairball In A Sentence

  • He'd be forced to do a lot of driving for Hairball before implementing the Judaic precept of an eye for an eye. OUTCAST
  • Jim has a magical hairball that was removed from the fourth stomach of an ox.
  • Make sure to talk to your vet before using one of these hairball remedies for long periods of time though.
  • Cats form hairballs as a result of chronic grooming and hair ingestion, and they cough or vomit up the hairball when it becomes large enough to cause irritation.
  • But, as things get complicated, they start suffering from the hairball effect: all the lines start running together, and one can't create a diagram that makes sense to anyone anymore.
  • All Sayers's hallmarks are here – ingenuity, in-depth research (but without the hairballs of factual information that too often clogged up the originals), dialogue peppered with quotations, and archness of tone (but without the grating snobbery). Laura Wilson's crime fiction choice - review
  • Hairball inhaled and peered at the street, shaking his head as if dismayed at human ingratitude or greed or both. OUTCAST
  • You can help prevent hairballs by grooming your cat frequently to remove the excess hair that will cause them.
  • They cannot spit up a hairball.
  • Regular brushing can prevent hairballs in cats.
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