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plumage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plumage \Plum"age\, n. [F., from plume a feather.] (Zo["o]l.) The entire clothing of a bird. Note: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plumage n : the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds [syn: {feather}, {plume}]
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