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Meanings of plumage in English

Portuguese
pluma
Catalan
plomatge
Spanish
pluma
Wikidata

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the skin of birds and protects them against coldness and water and allows their wings to create lift.

        pluma
        Russian
        оперение птиц
        Portuguese
        plumagem
        Spanish
        plumaje
        Catalan
        plomatge
        Wikidata

        Pattern, colour, and arrangement of a bird's layer of feathers.

              оперение птиц

              The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds.

                    Usage of plumage in English
                    1
                    A second experiment investigated the predictive relationship between feather-eating and plumage damage.
                    Pubmed
                    2
                    Handsome in the glistening summer sun sat the bird of rainbow plumage.
                    Old Indian Legends
                    3
                    Birds of beautiful plumage inhabited the groves, and sported in the waters.
                    Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
                    4
                    One example described was castrated in full winter plumage in December 1906.
                    Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
                    5
                    There is one specimen, a male in full plumage, in the Museum.
                    Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...
                    6
                    The imperial eagle has perhaps the darkest plumage of all the eagles.
                    Birds of the Indian Hills
                    7
                    The general plumage is grey, with a white band across the wings.
                    Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
                    8
                    In Florence the nascent swan-feathers of Anne Champneys grew into perfect plumage.
                    The Purple Heights
                    9
                    But it was not the plumage of the bird that interested Leon.
                    The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
                    10
                    The other ladies had enough to do in keeping their plumage unsoiled.
                    The Three Brides
                    11
                    Next a marsh hawk in brown plumage comes skimming over the grass.
                    A Florida Sketch-Book
                    12
                    Magnified over evolutionary time, their preference produced the peacocks' otherwise impractical plumage.
                    Wired
                    13
                    The Pope is a bird that has a red and black plumage.
                    The History of Louisiana, Or of the Western Parts of Virginia an...
                    14
                    Encumbered by their bizarre armor, they looked like animals in outlandish plumage.
                    The Scar
                    15
                    I divested the ibis of its brilliant plumage, and ate it raw.
                    The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
                    16
                    I brought both down, and they proved to be in fine plumage.
                    The Naturalist in Nicaragua
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                    Translations for plumage
                    Catalan
                    plomatge
                    Plumage through the time
                    Plumage across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common