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Definitions of plumage in various dictionaries:
noun - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
The covering of feathers on a bird.
Feathers used ornamentally.
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| Collective term for all the feathers of a bird |
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| a bird's feathers collectively. |
| the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
| a bird's covering of feathers: |
| the feathers that cover a bird: |
| The covering of feathers on a bird. |
| Feathers used ornamentally. |
| Elaborate dress finery. |
| Plumage description |
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| Plumage (Latin: plma "feather") refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage differ between species and subspecies, and may vary with age classes. Within species there can be different colour morphs. The placement of feathers on a bird are not haphazard, but rather emerge in organized, overlapping rows and groups, and these feather tracts are known by standardized names.Most birds moult twice a year, resulting in a breeding or nuptial plumage and a basic plumage. Many ducks and some other species such as the red junglefowl have males wearing a bright nuptial plumage while breeding and a drab eclipse plumage for some months afterwards. The painted bunting's juveniles have two inserted moults in their first autumn, each yielding plumage like an adult females. The first starts a few days after fledging replacing the juvenile plumage with an auxiliary formative plumage; the second a m |