Angora rabbit

Any of a breed of domestic rabbits having long, soft, usually white hair.

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Angora rabbit

(Breeds) a breed of rabbit with long usually white silky hair

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Angora rabbit - domestic breed of rabbit with long white silky hair

Angora

rabbit, cony, coney - any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

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My mouthpiece--is of the people: too coarsely and cordially do I talk for Angora rabbits. And still stranger soundeth my word unto all ink-fish and pen-foxes.

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Kerry takes inspiration from landscapes, seascapes and photographs to create her beautiful pictures using fibres such as wool from different breeds of sheep, silk, alpaca, angora rabbit and Mongolian cashmere to obtain different textures.

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Other stall holders were telling their audiences about their trades such as the preparation of cloth from the hair of the Angora Rabbit.

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Franchesca is an English Angora rabbit, whose hair is 14.37in long.

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Makoto has owned Purin since she b d fh bl d If you are looking for the ahhh factor then the longest fur on a rabbit is 14.37 inches and belongs to a two-year-old English Angora rabbit called Franchesca, from California.

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OTHER RECORDS OTHER animal feats included in the 2016 book include the longest fur on a rabbit, which has been measured as 36.5 cm (14.37 inches) and belongs to two-yearold English Angora rabbit Franchesca from California.

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Other animal feats include the longest fur on a rabbit, which has been measured as 36.5cm (14.37 inches) and belongs to two-year-old English Angora rabbit Franchesca from California.

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Jason encounters people leading their normal lives; a young girl in Varanasi looking after water buffaloes while her father bathes the others in the Ganges, a boy in Vashisht showing the python he uses to charge tourists for photos, and a girl in Manali who has a white angora rabbit perched with her on a motorbike seat.

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Your child's pet Angora rabbit also could be producing a marketable crop every three months, or your dairy goat's companion could be an Angora wether that produces a valuable fleece twice a year.

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Freckles is an Angora rabbit, but Chris isn't the owner.

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Different records of wool traits (Clip I, II and III) and weaning weight for German Angora rabbit were obtained for a period of nine years (2001 to 2009).

Estimation of genetic parameters for wool traits in Angora rabbit