Meanings
nounpelage (countable and uncountable, plural pelages)
plural pelages
- countableuncountableFur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal.
They [hares] are now assuming partial winter pelage, with traces of white hair in their coats.
2009 October 29, Veronica Heath, “Country diary”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2013 - countableuncountableThe characteristic nature of this coat: its coarseness or fineness, its typical lay, and so on.
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Origin
- Frenchpelage“fur”
- Englishpelage
From French pelage (“fur”).
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pelage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelage
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“pelage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pelage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pelage.
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