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plumage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | feather, plume |
| Type of | animal material, body covering |
| Has types | bastard wing, aftershaft, alula, down feather, flight feather, hackle, marabou, pinion, quill, quill feather, scapular, spurious wing, contour feather, down |
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During the mating season, males also develop conspicuous plumage on their necks.
From the newscientist.com
In mourning the plumage, he wrote in Rights of Man, Burke forgot the dying bird.
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Meanwhile, non-territorial signals like calls and plumage were highly divergent.
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Valued for their plumage, meat and eggs, they soon were hunted out of existence.
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It includes information on identification, plumage, habitat, behavior and range.
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They possess large yellow eyes, massive talons and white and grey-brown plumage.
From the smh.com.au
A really good look may show some immature birds to have a lighter brown plumage.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Like most parrot species, budgerigar plumage fluoresces under ultraviolet light.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It differs from the House Sparrow in its slightly darker, russet-tinged plumage.
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- Feather: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- (plumaged) having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form; "fully plumaged young bird"; "brilliantly plumaged parrots"
- 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. ...
- Feathers, either covering a bird or used ornamentally; Finery or elaborate dress
- The collective term for all the feathers that cover a bird's body. The plumage of the male Purple Martin does not assume its familiar, purplish-black color until the bird is in its second potential breeding season.
- The feather covering of birds, sometimes colored for purposes of camouflage, courtship display, etc., and divided in certain stages of a bird's growth to indicate age or maturity, such as natal plumage, juvenile plumage, first winter plumage, first nuptial plumage, and the like (Morris 1992).
- Definition: The term "plumage" is used to describe the feathers of a bird.
- The external covering of a bird, made of feathers and down. (Plumage is often spoken of in terms of seasonal color changes or changes in appearance from youth to adulthood)
- All of the feathers that cover a birds body.
