mohair

noun
🔊/ˈməʊheə(r)/
🔊/ˈməʊher/
[uncountable]
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  1. soft wool or cloth made from the fine hair of the angora goat, used for making clothes安哥拉山羊毛毛线(或织物);马海毛毛线(或织物)
    • a mohair sweater马海毛毛衣
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Arabic muk̲ayyar ‘cloth made of goat's hair’ (literally ‘choice, select’). The change in ending was due to association with hair.