Home › Words › P › pelagepelage/ˈpɛlɪd͡ʒ/pelage means fur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal.pelage is pronounced /ˈpɛlɪd͡ʒ/.EtymologyFrom French pelage (“fur”).nounFur, hair, or any other form of the coat of a mammal.e.g.“They [hares] are now assuming partial winter pelage, with traces of white hair in their coats.” — 2009 October 29, Veronica Heath, “Country diary”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2013:The characteristic nature of this coat: its coarseness or fineness, its typical lay, and so on.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.haircoat 72% match — The coat of hair on the skin of certain animals. vs pelage →pell 65% match — A fur or hide. vs pelage →pellage 63% match — The duty on hides, furs and skins. vs pelage →pilch 62% match — A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur. vs pelage →undercoat 62% match — A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur. vs pelage →pelurious 61% match — Hairy. vs pelage →furry 60% match — Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur. vs pelage →pileous 59% match — Of, pertaining to, or consisting of hair. vs pelage →