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# pelage

«pelage» in Mova's school dictionary: **The fur, hair or wool covering a mammal's body** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (pelage, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(science, formal) The fur, hair or wool covering a mammal's body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A scientific word used by zoologists and in nature books: an Arctic fox's pelage turns white in winter and brown in summer. In lessons on adaptations, pelage helps animals keep warm and hide.

### examples

- The Arctic fox changes its pelage with the seasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#x1)
- A seal's thick pelage keeps it warm in icy water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#x2)
- The scientist described the colour of the bat's pelage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#x3)
- Polar bears have a dense pelage over black skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#x4)
- The pelage of a stoat turns white in winter, and it is then called ermine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#x5)
- The new species has a reddish pelage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Pronounced «PEL-ij». A formal science word; in everyday English we say fur or coat. Only mammals have pelage; birds have plumage.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pelage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pelage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.