winter coat

English

Alternative forms

  • winter-coat

Noun

winter coat (plural winter coats)

  1. A warm coat, often an overcoat, fit to be worn in winter
  2. (zoology) An animal's seasonal appearance in winter, notably thicker and/or otherwise camouflaged plumage or fur after (often autumnal) moulting
    Regal ermine is made of the weasely stoat's winter coat

Antonyms

  • summer coat

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