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plumage
plum·age P0381300 (plo͞o′mĭj)n.1. The covering of feathers on a bird.2. Feathers used ornamentally.3. Elaborate dress; finery.
[Middle English, from Old French, from plume, plume, from Latin plūma.]
plum′aged adj.plumage (ˈpluːmɪdʒ) n (Zoology) the layer of feathers covering the body of a bird[C15: from Old French, from plume feather, from Latin plūma down]plum•age (ˈplu mɪdʒ)
n. the entire feathery covering of a bird. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French. See plume, -age] plum′aged, adj. plum·age (plo͞o′mĭj) The covering of feathers on a bird.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  plumage - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birdsfeather, plumebird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsdown, down feather - soft fine feathersaftershaft - a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birdscontour feather - feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shapebastard wing, spurious wing, alula - tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wingmarabou - the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garmentsweb, vane - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shafthackle - long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasantsquill, calamus, shaft - the hollow spine of a featherflight feather, quill feather, pinion, quill - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a birdscapular - a feather covering the shoulder of a birdbody covering - any covering for the body or a body partceratin, keratin - a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hoovesanimal material - material derived from animalsmelanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers |
plumagenoun feathers, down, plumes razorbills with their handsome black and white plumageTranslationsplumage (ˈpluːmidʒ) noun the feathers of a bird or birds. The peacock has (a) brilliant plumage. 羽毛 羽毛
plumage
plumage, of birds: see feathersfeathers,
outgrowths of the skin, constituting the plumage of birds. Feathers grow only along certain definite tracts (pterylae), which vary in different groups of birds.
..... Click the link for more information. .Plumage the feathery covering of birds. It protects the body from chilling, streamlines body contours, and increases the surface of the wings and tail for flight. Plumage consists of feathers varying in structure. There are contour feathers, down feathers, filoplumes, powder downs, and bristles. Pterylae, areas of skin on which feathers grow, alternate with apteria, skin areas that lack feathers but are usually covered by them. Only Struthionidae, penguins, and screamers have feathers that are evenly distributed over the skin. Usually the downy feathers and powder downs are hidden by the vanes of the contour feathers that lie on one another, but in some birds, such as the vulture, the powder downs are exposed. In herons, owls, goatsuckers, swifts, and many passerines the powder downs are located on the apteria; in Crypturiformes they are located only on the pterilae. In the majority of other birds the powder downs are found over the entire body. Plumage is renewed periodically, usually annually, by molting. The colors of plumage are due to the presence of pigments and structural properties. plumage[′plü·mij] (vertebrate zoology) The entire covering of feathers of a bird. plumage the layer of feathers covering the body of a bird plumage
plumage (plo͞o′mĭj)n. The covering of feathers on a bird.
plum′aged adj.plumage
Related to plumage: eclipse plumageSynonyms for plumagenoun feathersSynonymsSynonyms for plumagenoun the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birdsSynonymsRelated Words- bird
- down
- down feather
- aftershaft
- contour feather
- bastard wing
- spurious wing
- alula
- marabou
- web
- vane
- hackle
- quill
- calamus
- shaft
- flight feather
- quill feather
- pinion
- scapular
- body covering
- ceratin
- keratin
- animal material
- melanin
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