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My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. It fans out from the auricles, wafting from the ridge lines like cilia, like gray feathered plumage.
Rosecrans Baldwin

Meaning of "plumage" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLUMAGE

From Old French, from plume feather, from Latin plūma down.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLUMAGE

plumage  [ˈpluːmɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLUMAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plumage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLUMAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

plumage

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 differ between species and subspecies, and may vary with age classes, sexes, and season. Within species there can be different colour morphs. Most birds moult, usually before and after breeding, resulting in a breeding or nuptial plumage and a basic plumage. Many ducks and some other species such as the Red Junglefowl have a strong sexual dimorphism, the males wearing a bright nuptial plumage while breeding and a drab eclipse plumage for some months afterwards. 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.

Definition of plumage in the English dictionary

The definition of plumage in the dictionary is the layer of feathers covering the body of a bird.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLUMAGE


afterimage
ˈɑːftərˌɪmɪdʒ
chummage
ˈtʃʌmɪdʒ
damage
ˈdæmɪdʒ
fumage
ˈfjuːmɪdʒ
grammage
ˈɡræmɪdʒ
homage
ˈhɒmɪdʒ
image
ˈɪmɪdʒ
microimage
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌɪmɪdʒ
midge
mɪdʒ
pilgrimage
ˈpɪlɡrɪmɪdʒ
primage
ˈpraɪmɪdʒ
redamage
riːˈdæmɪdʒ
reimage
riːˈɪmɪdʒ
rummage
ˈrʌmɪdʒ
scrimmage
ˈskrɪmɪdʒ
scrummage
ˈskrʌmɪdʒ
smidge
smɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLUMAGE

plum
plum duff
plum pudding
plum tomato
plum tree
plumassier
plumate
plumb
plumb bob
plumb line
plumb rule
plumbable
plumbaginaceous
plumbaginous
plumbago
plumbate
plumbeous
plumber
plumber´s mate
plumber´s merchant

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLUMAGE

accidental damage
body image
bomb damage
brain damage
brand image
collateral damage
corporate image
criminal damage
eclipse plumage
fire damage
flood damage
ghost image
graven image
latent image
line of scrimmage
mage
mirror image
self-image
spitting image
virtual image

Synonyms and antonyms of plumage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLUMAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plumage» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of plumage

Translation of «plumage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLUMAGE

Find out the translation of plumage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plumage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plumage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

羽毛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plumaje
570 millions of speakers

English

plumage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पक्षति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ريش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оперение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plumagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পক্ষীর পালকসমূহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plumage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gefieder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

羽毛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깃털
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plumage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bộ lông chim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिसारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tüyler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piumaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upierzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оперення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

penaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φτέρωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fjäderdräkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjærdrakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plumage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUMAGE»

The term «plumage» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.531 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUMAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plumage

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4 QUOTES WITH «PLUMAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plumage.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. It fans out from the auricles, wafting from the ridge lines like cilia, like gray feathered plumage.
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Peter R. Grant
Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals.
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Peter R. Grant
The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise.
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Saadi
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUMAGE»

Discover the use of plumage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plumage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plumage from Pegasus
In this collection of short, sharp, satirical gems, Paul Di Filippo-noted for his own fiction and criticism, which gives him an insider's perspective-turns a keen eye on the foibles, fallacies, fads and failures of science fiction the ...
Paul Di Filippo, 2006
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The Variegated Plumage: Encounters with Indian Philosophy : ...
The present volume adequately covers different aspects of Indian Philosophy and culture. The extensive section will provide impetus to further research in the subject.
Narendranath B. Patil, 2003
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Plumage
After being dumped by her husband after twenty-seven years of marriage, Sassy Hummel lands a job housekeeping for the Sylvan Towers Hotel, where a new friend, Racquel, will help her discover a side of herself she never considered.
Nancy Springer, 2000
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A Red Bird in a Brown Bag: The Function and Evolution of ...
He concludes with an examination of the processes by which carotenoid-based ornamental coloration may have evolved. Through it all, Hill provides a personal view of the triumphs and hardships of field biology in the suburbs."--BOOK JACKET.
Geoffrey Edward Hill, 2002
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Splendid plumage: Indian birds by British artists
This Magnificently Illustrated Book Covers The Period From The Late 18Th Early 20Th Centuries.
Jagmohan Mahajan, Bikram Grewal, 2001
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Juvenile and immature birds are illustrated when they hold a different-looking plumage after they are old enough to be seen ... Some young birds, such as the Painted Redstart (page 398), hold this juvenal plumage for a few weeks and then  ...
Jon Lloyd Dunn, Jonathan K. Alderfer, 2006
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Birds of Gay Plumage
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Mary Kirby, 2010
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Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding: Understanding what ...
In small birds, the juvenile plumage may be held only very briefly before it begins to be replaced in the next partial molt, while some larger birds are in juvenile plumage for nearly a full year. But because the pattern is so often different, birders ...
‎2011
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Buntings and Sparrows
Emberiza pattern normal pattern Plumage sequence Most species follow the same basic pattern in plumage sequence, but some, e.g. Black-headed and Red- headed Buntings, deviate markedly. As not all parts of the world experience winter, ...
Clive Byers, Urban Olsson, Jon Curson, 2013
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Birds of a different plumage: a study of British-Indian ...
The Book Is Intended As A Study Of A Relationship And The Way Of Life That Grew From British India From The Period Of The British Presence In India From 1579 When The First Englishman, A Jesuit Missionary, Arrived In Goa And Traces The Way ...
Peter Mudford, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUMAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plumage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Biologists Use Banding to Track Migrating Waterfowl
"All waterfowl go through a phase called molting at which time they lose their old plumage and replace it with new feathers," said IDNR district ... «WSIL TV, Jul 15»
2
Wetland Explorer: Summer's Embrace
They won't acquire the distinct adult plumage until the fall of their second year. Parents introduce them to favorite foods – insects such as ... «Great Bend Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Go now to see our wonderful waders
This is a good time of year to see these birds as the majority are still looking fabulous in their breeding plumage, so a visit on one of the higher ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
4
Concord's Week in Review: Politics, Arrests, Crashes, Pets, and More
Nighthawks are usually very difficult to see because their soft plumage is cryptically colored to resemble bark or leaves. Here is a great story ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
5
Managing grasslands for greater prairie chicken habitat
Slightly larger than a football, these birds can be identified by their broad chests, plumage with brown and beige bars, and orange above their ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
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Nature Watch: Birders turn out to see rare loon in summertime
Finding one in this area in the middle of July, especially an adult in breeding plumage, is just plain weird. There were a lot of other people at the ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»
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Welcome to the new Frederick city police chief
But he will have some ruffled feathers he'll have to smooth, even though the spiky plumage wasn't at all his fault. The Board of Aldermen, and ... «Frederick News Post, Jul 15»
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LIFE AT BOOMER LAKE: Feeding time at Boomer Lake
This beauty was found at The Northern Reaches in waning breeding plumage, but still very attractive. The sun was perfect in a darker area, so I ... «Stillwater News Press, Jul 15»
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Eight nesting kittiwake chicks shot dead in Scarborough
While most black-headed gulls are now sporting the chocolate brown hoods of their breeding plumage, kittiwakes have pure white rounded ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
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JOAN CARSON | Heat means late summer molt coming early
However, beneath that bedraggled plumage something beautiful is happening. The “ugly duckling” will soon emerge as an attractive “swan. «Kitsap Sun, Jul 15»

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