Plumage

//ˈpljuːmɪd͡ʒ//

"Plumage" in a Sentence (13 examples)

The plumage on that peacock is amazing.

The bird has beautiful plumage.

Young Love obeys, and doffs his plumage light, / and, like Iulus, trips forth with delight.

This bird has a bright plumage.

In the wild, a well-fed flamingo is likely to have more vibrantly coloured plumage, which will more readily attract a mate.

Tawny owls are well camouflaged by the colour of their plumage.

Tawny owls have a grey or brown plumage.

Siskins have a yellow plumage.

Hummingbird plumage is very beautiful.

Mating season for some bird species can be identified by the bright colors of the males' plumage.

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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.

Somewhat like a heron she was, but stouter, and shorter of leg, and her beak shorter and thicker than the heron’s; and so long and delicate was her pale gray plumage that hard it was to say whether it were hair or feathers.

[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.

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