Associations to the word «Pelage»

Wiktionary

PELAGE, noun. Fur, or any other form of the coat of a mammal

Dictionary definition

PELAGE, noun. Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats