Definition of plumage. Meaning of plumage. Synonyms of plumage

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Definition of plumage

Plumage
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.

Meaning of plumage from wikipedia

- plumage refers both to the layer of feather s that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.
- feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage , on bird s and some non-avian theropod
- the bird with the crystal plumage (italian: l'uccello dalle piume di cristallo) is a 1970 italian giallo film directed by dario argento ,
- lavender or self-blue refers to a plumage color pattern in the chicken (gallus gallus domesticus) characterized by a uniform, pale bluish
- solid black plumage color refers to a plumage pattern in chickens (gallus gallus domesticus ) characterized by a uniform, black color
- in poultry standards, solid white is coloration of plumage in chickens (gallus gallus domesticus ) characterized by a uniform pure white
- the gibson plumage index (gpi), sometimes known as the gibson code, is a system for describing the plumage of great albatross es.
- plumage is regularly moult ed; the standard plumage of a bird that has moulted after breeding is known as the 'non-breeding' plumage, or—in
- the ornate plumage of peacocks, as used in the courting display, attracts peahen s. sheer size of the male's plumage; the peahen being of a
- humphrey-parkes terminology is a system of nomenclature for the plumage of bird s. before the humphrey-parkes system, plumage was named