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Webster 1913 Edition
Plumage
Plum′age
(plūm′ā̍j)
, Noun.
[F., from
plume
a feather.] (Zool.)
The entire clothing of a bird.
☞ It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. See Illust. under
Bird
. Webster 1828 Edition
Plumage
PLU'MAGE
,Noun.
Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove.