plumage

[ploo-mij]

noun

1. the entire feathery covering of a bird.

2. feathers collectively.

plumage

/ ˈpluːmɪdʒ /

noun

1. the layer of feathers covering the body of a bird

plumage

1. The covering of feathers on a bird.

Other Word Forms

• plumaged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumage¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French. See plume, -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of plumage¹

C15: from Old French, from plume feather, from Latin plūma down

Example Sentences

“Green feathers!” yelled Cassiopeia, batting the rain of plumage from her head.

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From its display case in the museum’s “Stories from Mesoamerica” hall, the iridescent plumage shimmers like a rainbow encased in glass, a tropical interloper to these northern climes.

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What some of these drably plumaged species lack in color and plumage contrast, they make up for in personality.

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Yet the malevolent flightless bird with a chip on his plumage isn’t the sole antagonist of “Vengeance Most Fowl.”

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Everybody can just get out there and watch them and try to appreciate the variation of their plumage.

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