hair ball

2 definitions found

hair ball - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hairball \hair"ball`\, hair ball \hair" ball`\(h[^a]r"b[e^]l`),
     n.
     a compact mass of hair that forms in the stomach of animals
     as a result of licking fur; as, the cat coughed up a hairball
     right on the new rug. [WordNet sense 1 + 2]
     [WordNet 1.5]

hair ball - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hair ball
      n 1: a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal
           (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of
           licking fur) [syn: hairball, hair ball, trichobezoar]