About The Word Plumage
Learn about the word Plumage to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Plumage definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Plumage
| Plumage Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Plumage?
[n] the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Synonyms | Synonyms for Plumage: feather | plume Related Terms | Find terms related to Plumage: See Also | aftershaft | alula | animal material | bastard wing | bird | body covering | calamus | ceratin | contour feather | down | down feather | flight feather | hackle | keratin | marabou | melanin | pinion | quill | quill feather | scapular | shaft | spurious wing | vane | web Plumage In Webster's Dictionary \Plum"age\, n. [F., from plume a feather.] (Zo["o]l.)
The entire clothing of a bird.
Note: It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary
feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail
feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing
feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and
tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies
beneath the contour feathers. See Illust. under {Bird}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
- Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
- Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
- Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
- Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
- Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
- Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
- Apatura ‐ large Old World…
- Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
- Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…