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Wool
Textile fiber from the hair of sheep or other mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Wool (disambiguation).
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.[1] The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal wool.
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As an animal fiber, wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. This makes it chemically quite distinct from cotton and other plant fibers, which are mainly cellulose.[1]