guard hair

English Thesaurus

1. coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hair,
definition	:	a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss (noun.body)

part meronym	:	fur,
definition	:	dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) (noun.animal)