pelts
- present tense form of pelt (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Beavers were hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago for their meat, furry water-resistant pelts and a substance they secrete called castoreum - used in food, medicine and perfume.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
The setting for this mystery is ingeniously established with a picture frame enclosing the image of a gloomy mansion as lightning flashes in the evening sky and rain pelts noisily down.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Human hunting of wildcats—for pelts and because they were seen as vermin—in Great Britain in medieval times eventually drove the animals up into the remote highlands of Scotland.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 6, 2023
Lawrence had several feline pelts already at hand.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
