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pelages

pelages is the plural of pelage.

Meaning of pelage

Noun

pelage (countable and uncountable, plural pelages)

  1. Fur, 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
  2. The characteristic nature of this coat: its coarseness or fineness, its typical lay, and so on.

Questions about pelages

What is pelages the plural of?
Pelages is the plural of pelage.

Words near pelages in the dictionary

  1. peladophobia
  2. pelados
  3. Pelaez
  4. Pelaezes
  5. pelage
  6. pelages
  7. Pelagia
  8. pelagial
  9. pelagian
  10. Pelagian Islands
  11. Pelagianism

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