Definitions for plumage
ˈplu mɪdʒplumage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. feather, plume, plumagenoun

   the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plumagenoun

   Feathers, either covering a bird or used ornamentally

2. plumagenoun

   Finery or elaborate dress.

3. Etymology: From plumage (14c.), itself from plume 'feather' (from pluma, "feather, down", from a Proto-Indo-European base *pleus- "to pluck, a feather, fleece") + -age

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumagenoun

   Feathers; suit of feathers.

   Etymology: plumage, Fr.

   The plumage of birds exceeds the pilosity of beasts. Francis Bacon.

   Say, will the falcon, stooping from above,
   Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumage

   Plumage (Latin: pluma "feather") is a layer of feathers that covers 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 is 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 afterward. The painted bunting's juveniles have two inserted moults in their first autumn, each yielding plumage like an adult female. The first starts a few days after fledging replacing the juvenile plumage with an auxiliary formative plumage; the second a month or so later giving the formative plumage.Abnormal plumages include a variety of conditions. Albinism, total loss of colour, is rare, but partial loss of colours is more common. Some species are colour polymorphic, having two or more colour variants. A few species have special types of polymorphism, as in the male ruff which has an assortment of different colours around the head and neck in the breeding season only. Hen feathering is an inherited plumage character in domestic fowl controlled by a single gene. Plumology (or plumage science) is the name for the science that is associated with the study of feathers.

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1. plumage

   Plumage refers to the layer of feathers that cover a bird's body. It is used for flight, insulation, and displaying to attract mates. The pattern, color, and arrangement of these feathers can vary greatly among species.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumagenoun

   the entire clothing of a bird

2. Etymology: [F., from plume a feather.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Plumage

   Plumage 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 vary between species and subspecies and can also vary between different age classes, sexes, and season. Within species there can also be a number of different colour morphs. Differences in plumage are used by ornithologists and birdwatchers to distinguish between species and collect other species specific information.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plumage

   plōōm′āj, n. the whole feathers of a bird. [Fr.,—plume, a feather.]

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Material
   • Body Covering

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plumage in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plumage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of plumage in a Sentence

1. Jean Anouilh:

   Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.

2. Wang Min:

   The well-preserved tail feathers in this new fossil bird provide great new information about how sexual selection has shaped the avian tail from their earliest stage, the complexity we see in Yuanchuavis's feathers is related to one of the reasons we hypothesize why living birds are so incredibly diverse, because they can separate themselves into different species just by differences in plumage and differences in song.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plumage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plumage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plumage
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumage
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plumage
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=plumage
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=plumage