plumage
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plum·age
(plo͞o′mĭj)n.
1. The covering of feathers on a bird.
2. Feathers used ornamentally.
3. Elaborate dress; finery.
[Middle English, from Old French, from plume, plume, from Latin plūma.]
plum′aged adj.
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plumage
(ˈpluːmɪdʒ)n
(Zoology) the layer of feathers covering the body of a bird
[C15: from Old French, from plume feather, from Latin plūma down]
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plum•age
(ˈplu mɪdʒ)n.
the entire feathery covering of a bird.
plum′aged, adj.
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plum·age
(plo͞o′mĭj) The covering of feathers on a bird.
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Noun | 1. | plumage - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings down, down feather - soft fine feathers aftershaft - a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds contour feather - feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape spurious wing, alula - tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing marabou - the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments web, vane - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft hackle - long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants scapular - a feather covering the shoulder of a bird body covering - any covering for the body or a body part ceratin, keratin - a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves animal material - material derived from animals melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers |
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plumage
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Translations
ريش الطُّيور
opeřenípeří
fjerdragt
höyhenethöyhenpeitehöyhenpuku
tolltollazat
fjaîrir, fjaîraskraut
羽毛
apspalvojums
operenie
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plumage
n → Gefieder nt, → Federkleid nt (liter)
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plumage
(ˈpluːmidʒ) noun the feathers of a bird or birds. The peacock has (a) brilliant plumage.
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