animal fibre

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animal fibre - fiber derived from animals

animal fiber

animal product - a product made from animal material

horsehair - hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse

natural fiber, natural fibre - fiber derived from plants or animals

silk - animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders

wool - fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

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Rivera-Gomez, "Method for stabilising clay soils with natural organic polymers reinforced with animal fibre," Patent WO2012/101299, 2012.

Ultrasonic, molecular and mechanical testing diagnostics in natural fibre reinforced, polymer-stabilized earth blocks

This has been more or less the case in her work from the mid 1980s untitled series using pieces of reconfigured hospital furniture (with tiny plastic babies attached to it using animal fibres); to the bleak stacks of white shirts pierced by steel bars; to the Atrabiliarios series (1992-2004; Fig.

The art of memory

Major Australian exports to Egypt are wheat, vegetables, meat, wool and other animal fibres. Egyptian exports to Australia include food coverings, vehicles, lime, and construction.