Pelage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The coat of a mammal, consisting of hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering, as distinct from bare skin.
  • n. Something felt to resemble the coat of a mammal: "The hardwoods were a soft pale green in the dark pelage of the conifers” ( Peter Matthiessen).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. fur, or any other form of the coat of a mammal collectively
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The covering, or coat, of a mammal, whether of wool, fur, or hair.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal: a common technical term in zoölogy, used as plumage is with regard to birds.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hair   
    Hyponym
    fleece    fur    wool   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
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