pelage meaning

• Noun: pelage  pelij
  1. Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
     - coat

  Derived forms: pelages

  Type of: hair

  Part of: mammal, mammalian

  Encyclopedia: Pelage

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  [Medicine]
  n : the hairy covering of a mammal
  

Examples

1. it influences the export of livestock product, fishery product, pelage, makeup, service and chinese traditional medicine
2. Adults have a brown pelage with pale fur on the belly.
3. Significant numbers of duiker, sitatunga and horns and striped pelages.
4. :: The pelage is a feature that need careful consideration.
5. Their pelage is also more gray in colour with less defined spots.