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Plumage

//ˈpljuːmɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering. collective, countable, noun, uncountable

    "In some few cases the young in their first plumage differ from each other according to sex; the young males resembling more or less closely the adult males, and the young females more or less closely the adult females."

  2. 2
    the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds wordnet
  3. 3
    Finery or elaborate dress. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old French plumage (14c.), itself from plume (“feather”) (from Latin plūma (“feather, down”), from a Proto-Indo-European base *plews- (“to pluck, a feather, fleece”) + -age.

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