Pelage — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛlɪdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛlɪdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛlɪdʒ/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɛlɪdʒ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

coat

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

pelaje

Crecimiento de pelo, lana o pelaje que cubre el cuerpo de un animal.

🇮🇹Italian

pelo

crescita di peli, lana o pelliccia che ricoprono il corpo di un animale

🇵🇹Portuguese

pelagem

crescimento de cabelo ou lã ou pêlo cobrindo o corpo de um animal

🇷🇺Russian

шерсть

рост волос или шерсти или меха, покрывающего тело животного

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रोवाँ

किसी जानवर के शरीर को ढकने वाले बालों या ऊन या फर की वृद्धि

🇧🇩Bengali

পেলাজ

লোম বা পশম বা পশমের বৃদ্ধি যা প্রাণীর দেহকে আবৃত করে

🇮🇳Tamil

பெலேஜ்

ஒரு விலங்கின் உடலை உள்ளடக்கிய முடி அல்லது கம்பளி அல்லது ரோமங்களின் வளர்ச்சி

🇮🇳Telugu

పెలేజ్

జంతువు యొక్క శరీరాన్ని కప్పి ఉంచే జుట్టు లేదా ఉన్ని లేదా బొచ్చు పెరుగుదల

🇮🇳Marathi

पेलेज

प्राण्याचे शरीर झाकणारे केस किंवा लोकर किंवा फर यांची वाढ

🇮🇳Gujarati

પેલેજ

પ્રાણીના શરીરને આવરી લેતા વાળ અથવા ઊન અથવા ફરની વૃદ્ધિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೆಲೇಜ್

ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳ ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಆವರಿಸುವ ಕೂದಲು ಅಥವಾ ಉಣ್ಣೆ ಅಥವಾ ತುಪ್ಪಳದ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പെലേജ്

ഒരു മൃഗത്തിൻ്റെ ശരീരം മൂടുന്ന മുടി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കമ്പിളി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ രോമങ്ങളുടെ വളർച്ച

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੇਲੇਜ

ਕਿਸੇ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਢੱਕਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਵਾਲਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਉੱਨ ਜਾਂ ਫਰ ਦਾ ਵਾਧਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیلیج

کسی جانور کے جسم کو ڈھانپنے والے بال یا اون یا کھال کی نشوونما

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

毛皮

覆盖动物身体的毛发、羊毛或毛皮的生长

🇯🇵Japanese

毛皮

動物の体を覆う毛、羊毛、または毛皮の成長

🇰🇷Korean

펠라지

동물의 몸을 덮고 있는 털이나 양털, 털의 성장

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bộ xương

sự phát triển của lông hoặc len hoặc lông bao phủ cơ thể động vật

🇹🇭Thai

กระดูก

การเจริญเติบโตของเส้นผมหรือขนหรือขนที่ปกคลุมร่างกายของสัตว์

🇮🇩Indonesian

bulu hewan

pertumbuhan rambut atau wol atau bulu yang menutupi tubuh binatang

🇵🇭Filipino

peage

pagtubo ng buhok o lana o balahibo na tumatakip sa katawan ng isang hayop

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نتف الشعر

نمو الشعر أو الصوف أو الفراء الذي يغطي جسم الحيوان

🇮🇷Persian

پلاژ

رشد مو یا پشم یا خز که بدن حیوان را می پوشاند

🇹🇷Turkish

kürk

bir hayvanın vücudunu kaplayan saç veya yün veya kürk büyümesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

פלאג'

צמיחת שיער או צמר או פרווה המכסה את גוף החיה

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The primary meaning of 'pelage' is 'growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal'.

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