Definition of plumage
: the feathers of a bird
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Examples of plumage in a Sentence
The peacock has colorful plumage.
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Crested auklets entwine their necks and rub their bills through each other's plumage when courting, possibly sniffing up a potential mate.
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The males are unmistakable with their black, white and rose plumage.
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Many of the season’s ready-to-wear pieces reference period textiles like chinoiserie and brocade, with additional textural layering from leather, knits and plumage.
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There, the microstructures don't have the characteristics of the ultra-black plumage.
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The male has bright orange and reds in his plumage.
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Earrings made from the heads of red-legged honeycreeper birds were enormously popular in the 1870s, and an iridescent cape from the 1890s made of cockerel and pheasant feathers reflected a continued fascination with plumage.
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His parrots display plumage, fashion, and intelligence, mixed with aristocratic unself-consciousness.
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The grandest presence onstage at Repertorio Español belongs to the smallest creature there: a handsome rooster with luxurious plumage in fiery tones and a strikingly comfortable rapport with his principal scene partner.
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Origin and Etymology of plumage
Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from plume feather — more at plume
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First Known Use: 14th century
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Definition of plumage for English Language Learners
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: the feathers that cover the body of a bird
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