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[French, from Old French, from peil, pel, hair, from Latin pilus.]
[Fr.] the hairy coat of mammals; the hairs, fur or wool of the body, limb and head, collectively.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
Synonym: coat
In mammals, pelage is the hair, fur, or wool that covers the animal. In many mammals, the pelage is made up of more than one type of hair. Some of the most
prominent types of hair that make up the pelage include guard hairs (such as the defensive spines of porcupines), bristles (which make up the mane of lions), and the
underfur, which traps in air to maintain temperature.
The pelage often molts (process that sheds hair) at various times in the animal's development. The juvenile pelage may go through an intermediate form before settling to an adult appearance.
The pelage in modern mammals serves to protect its owner from heat and cold, as means to signal (e.g., the contrasting pattern of striped skunks can be a warning to predators), defense (by matching the color of the pelage to that of the immediate surrounding), as well as to protect the animal from abrasion.
The embryos of various mammals, including humans, are covered with a pelage called lanugo.nrm:Pé (le)
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hårdragt, hårlag
Deutsch (German)
n. - Körperbedeckung der Säugetiere
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρίχωμα θηλαστικού ζώου
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pelagem (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - pelaje, pelo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (djur-)päls, hårrem
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
毛皮
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 毛皮
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (포유동물의) 털가죽, 털
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فروة الحيوانات
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - פרווה/שיער בעלי-חיים
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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