What is another word for pelage?

Pronunciation: [pˈɛlɪd͡ʒ] (IPA)

Pelage is a term used to describe an animal's fur or hair coat. A few synonyms for pelage are coat, fur, hair, pelt, hide, and fleece. The word "coat" specifically refers to the fur covering the body of an animal while "fur" is the short, fine hair on a mammal. "Pelt" is the skin and fur of an animal used for clothing or decoration while "hide" is the skin of an animal used for leather. "Fleece" is the soft, woolly hair of sheep or similar animals. Overall, these synonyms all refer to different aspects of an animal's hair or fur and can be used interchangeably depending on context.

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    • Noun, singular or mass
      coat, fur.

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Usage examples for Pelage

I shall farther remark, that the seventy species of animals, by naturalists classed as antelopes, differ widely from one another in form, size, colour, pelage, habits; in short, in so many respects, that their classification under the name of Antelope is very arbitrary indeed.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
He has neither the ugly form, the harsh pelage, the dull colour, nor the filthy habits of one.
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We lack specimens of chiapensis in summer pelage.
"Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua"
Sydney Anderson J. Knox Jones

Related words: ruffet hair, close-fitting hair, semi-short hair, short hair, woolly hair

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