pelages

plural of pelage
as in wools
the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick color variation in the snow leopard's pelage

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Noun
  • The other side leaned into traditional wools, tweeds and blanket-like materials for outerwear and shirting.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Vanessa Hudgens hasn’t even had the chance to swap her summer crochet linens for winter crochet wools, but the California concert promoter has already released the lineup for the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the earliest announcement since the event’s inception in 1999.
    Arielle Gordon, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The anatomy bore hairs, sometimes teeth.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Ball Animal 3 is specifically designed to pick up pet dander and stray hairs off of a variety of surfaces.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Long coats are out and short coats are in — well, according to Anne Hathaway, Demi Moore, and Reese Witherspoon, at least.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The appeal of Norwegian Wool coats is part form, part function.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Pelages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelages. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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