#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

definitive plumage

noun Ornithology.

the plumage of a bird that, once attained, does not change significantly in color or pattern for the rest of the bird's life.

RELATED CONTENT

Which Came First: Turkey The Bird, Or Turkey The Nation?The republic of Turkey (look north of Egypt, east of Greece) isn't exactly a breeding ground for the bird that Americans associate with Thanksgiving. In fact, the turkey is native to North America ... so, why do they share the same name?

Did One Man Write The First Great English Dictionary All By Himself?We’d like to take a moment to celebrate the man behind A Dictionary of the English Language, the first definitive English dictionary, the famous Samuel Johnson.

Nearby words

definite relative pronoun, definitely, definition, definitive, definitive host, definitive plumage, definitize, definitude, deflagrate, deflagration, deflate

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019