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 properties similar to animal wool.
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]