pelage

Noun
  1. Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal (synset 101901372)
    is a type of: hair - a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
    subtypes:
    • fur - dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
    • fleece, wool - outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
    is a part of: mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
    same as: coat

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