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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.
Definition 2024
plumage
plumage
English
Noun
plumage (countable and uncountable, plural plumages)
- Feathers, either covering a bird or used ornamentally
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
- Finery or elaborate dress.
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feathers
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finery or elaborate dress
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