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pilage

pilage is the alternative form 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.

Forms of pilage

pluralpilages

Questions about pilage

What is pilage the alternative form of?
Pilage is the alternative form of pelage.

Words near pilage in the dictionary

  1. pilaff
  2. pilaffs
  3. Pilafian
  4. Pilafians
  5. pilafs
  6. pilage
  7. pilages
  8. Pilagá
  9. Piland
  10. Pilands
  11. pilao

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