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Meaning of "pelage" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PELAGE

Via French from Old French pel animal's coat, from Latin pilus hair.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PELAGE

pelage  [ˈpɛlɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PELAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pelage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PELAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pelage

Fur

Fur is used in reference to the hair of animals, usually mammals, particularly those with extensive body hair coverage. The term "pelage" is sometimes used to refer to the body hair of an animal as a complete coat. Fur is also used to refer to animal pelts which have been processed into leather with the hair still attached. The words fur or furry are also used, more casually, to refer to hair-like growths or formations, particularly when the subject being referred to exhibits a dense coat of fine, soft "hairs." Animal fur, if layered, rather than grown as a single coat, may consist of short down hairs, long guard hairs, and, in some cases, medium awn hairs. Mammals with reduced amounts of fur are often called "naked", such as naked mole rat and naked dogs. An animal with commercially valuable fur is known within the fur industry as a furbearer. The use of fur as clothing and/or decoration is considered controversial by some people: most animal welfare advocates object to the trapping and killing of wildlife, and to the confinement and killing of animals on fur farms.

Definition of pelage in the English dictionary

The definition of pelage in the dictionary is the coat of a mammal, consisting of hair, wool, fur, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PELAGE


acknowledge
əkˈnɒlɪdʒ
assemblage
əˈsɛmblɪdʒ
cartilage
ˈkɑːtɪlɪdʒ
college
ˈkɒlɪdʒ
Coolidge
ˈkuːlɪdʒ
curtilage
ˈkɜːtɪlɪdʒ
haulage
ˈhɔːlɪdʒ
knowledge
ˈnɒlɪdʒ
milage
ˈmaɪlɪdʒ
mileage
ˈmaɪlɪdʒ
millage
ˈmɪlɪdʒ
pillage
ˈpɪlɪdʒ
privilege
ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ
silage
ˈsaɪlɪdʒ
spillage
ˈspɪlɪdʒ
tillage
ˈtɪlɪdʒ
tutelage
ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ
village
ˈvɪlɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PELAGE

pela
pelagial
pelagian
Pelagian Islands
Pelagianism
pelagic
Pelagius
pelargonic
pelargonic acid
pelargonium
Pelasgi
Pelasgian
Pelasgic
Pele´s hair
pelecypod
pelerine
Peleus
Pelew Islands
pelf
pelham

WORDS THAT END LIKE PELAGE

anlage
barrelage
bricolage
camouflage
collage
etalage
fishing village
fuselage
global village
Greenwich Village
grillage
holiday village
keelage
maquillage
moulage
outlet village
plage
pucelage
volage
Vorlage

Synonyms and antonyms of pelage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pelage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PELAGE

Find out the translation of pelage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pelage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pelage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

皮毛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pelage
570 millions of speakers

English

pelage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نتف الشعر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волосяной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pelage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelage
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

털 가죽
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bộ lông thú
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரோமங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Pelage
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kürk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pelage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

owłosienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

волосяний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pelage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pelage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pels
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pelage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pelage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pelage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PELAGE»

The term «pelage» is regularly used and occupies the 93.004 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PELAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pelage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pelage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pelage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELAGE»

Discover the use of pelage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pelage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and ...
The higher heat loss in weasels was attributed largely to their greater surface area, shorter pelage, and inability to achieve a spherical resting posture. Weasels are unable to minimize their heat loss at low ambient temperatures by rolling into ...
George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, Joseph A. Chapman, 2003
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Land Mammals of Oregon
usually brightly washed with ochre; pelage on underside of tail usually fulvous; length of bent tip of baculum >28% of length of shaft; palatal length ( 1 .45 1 63) + condylonasal length (0.4 1 994) + breadth of braincase (0.32907) >40.3238 .
B. J. Verts, Leslie N. Carraway, 1998
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Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, ...
Dorsal pelage reddish brown, pale brown, or grayish brown and lacking conspicuous guard hairs on rump; ventral pelage self-colored creamy white or, if gray- based, then with white or buffy-white tips . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Tail faintly bicolored , paler ...
Alfred L. Gardner, 2008
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The Nature of Paleolithic Art
There are even some portrayed with antlers in the velvet, the summer velour, a live skin that covers the growing antlers all summer. Most reindeer are portrayed in autumn pelage and with rounded body contours of peak late-summer/ early-fall  ...
R. Dale Guthrie, 2005
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Mammal Skin
Mammals that require major heat loss usually have a sparse, short pelage. Many terrestrial mammals do not have adequate shelters and their pelage often has protective coloring. Pelage also plays an important part in protecting the skin ...
Vladimir Evgenʹevich Sokolov, 1982
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Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses: A Review of the Pinnipedia
The adult type of pelage in the pinniped is usually attained near the end of the first summer. In some seals ( e.g., harp seal and hooded seal ) there are three well-marked coats: newborn, subadult, and adult. Though especially distinct in fur  ...
Victor B. Scheffer, 1958
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Mammals of Africa
Pelage unspeckled; dorsal pelage reddishebrown; ventral pelage reddisheorange; claws pale or brown. Distribution Endemic to Africa. Afromontane—Afroalpine BZ. Recorded only from near Mukaba in Kahuzi_Biega N. P., Kivu Province, ...
Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Thomas Butynski, 2013
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Flynn's Parasites of Laboratory Animals
Worldwide Rabbits Pelage Direct contact Dermatitis Not Reported 1404142 Siphonaptera (fleas) Caenopsylla laptevi Europe Cottontail rabbits Pelage Direct contact Dermatitis Not reported 147 Cediopsylla simplex North America Cottontail ...
David G. Baker, 2008
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The Biology of Small Mammals
Pelage Insulation We commonly think of pelage insulation as an important mechanism used by cold-adapted mammals to minimize the flow of heat from the core of the body to the environment. However, pelage is also important as an ...
Joseph F. Merritt, 2010
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St Augustine and His Opponents, Other Latin Writers
Dans le Sermon 348A.6, Augustin déclare explicitement qu'il n'y 'blâmait pas Pélage, mais qu'il l'exhortait à écouter ce qu'il avait confié à Orose' ('non notans enm litteris, sed exhortans andiret a presbytero quod mandanl') Quant au ton de la ...
M. F. Wiles, E. J. Yarnold, Paul M. Parvis, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pelage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Blane Klemek: Coyotes are interesting animals that are both revered …
The gray pelage coloration of coyotes does not vary much from individual to individual. Whereas the coats of timber wolves range from white to ... «Bemidji Pioneer, Jul 15»
2
Will Nicky Return From Max On 'Orange Is The New Black'? A …
Miss Claudette Pelage was sent to Max in Season 1 after attempting to strangle C.O. Fischer in a fit of rage when her court appeal was denied. That was the last ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
3
Shantyman Spirits 1: Boulevard of broken dreams
We break off along a deer-trail singletrack that bucks and berms through the hardwood pelage, passing artifacts of homesteads, barns, ... «Pique Newsmagazine, Jul 15»
4
Experts' reports on preventing landslips gather dust
... of habitat quality and because of their variable pelage colors Giant Squirrels can be valuable indicator of genetically distinct populations of ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
Chaussettes félines pour pattes de chaises
Ces chaussettes de chaise sont offertes dans une variété de couleurs et de pelage. Il est possible de se les procurer en ligne sur le site Tokyo ... «LaPresse.ca, Jul 15»
6
Taking technology out in the cold: working to conserve snow leopards
Computer-driven algorithms that can distinguish animal pelage patterns would help us enumerate snow leopard populations, but they are also ... «Mongabay.com, Jun 15»
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Cette fourmi peut supporter une température de 53,6 °C… grâce à …
Le pelage réfléchit bien les lumières du visible et de l'infrarouge proche, à 67 % contre 41 % pour les fourmis sans poils. Sciences et Avenir ... «SciencePost, Jun 15»
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In Turner Valley, this is what a perfect day looks like
She was still shedding her winter hair and there were patches along her back and shoulders where her summer pelage still had to grow in. «Calgary Sun, Jun 15»
9
American bison's symbiosis with U.S. Prairielands
Bison are also equipped with a thick pelage that helps them withstand winter storms of 50 degrees below zero. A permanent and devastating ... «Waxahachie Daily Light, Jun 15»
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With climate change, species are increasingly interbreeding to survive
And gray wolves in forest regions owe their dark pelage to genes from domestic dogs — not a black lab of recent heritage, but the dogs that ... «PRI, Jun 15»

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