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/ˈpluːmɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering..
In some few cases the young in their first plumage differ from each other according to sex; the young males resembling more or less closely the adult males, and the young females more or less closely the adult females.
Somewhat like a heron she was, but stouter, and shorter of leg, and her beak shorter and thicker than the heron’s; and so long and delicate was her pale gray plumage that hard it was to say whether it were hair or feathers.
[Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
Use plumage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plumage means (ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering..
Common synonyms include pennage, plume, feather.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In some few cases the young in their first plumage differ from each other according to sex; the young males resembling more or less closely the adult males, and the young females more or less closely the adult females.
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