pelage

n.

1. The coat of a mammal, consisting of hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering, as distinct from bare skin.
2. 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).

[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.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
  Synonym: coat

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hårdragt, hårlag

Nederlands (Dutch)
vacht

Français (French)
n. - pelage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Körperbedeckung der Säugetiere

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρίχωμα θηλαστικού ζώου

Italiano (Italian)
pelame

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pelagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
шерсть, мех

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

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 毛衣

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فروة الحيوانات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרווה/שיער בעלי-חיים‬

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