plumelet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plumelet
Example Sentences
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There are no combs or pins of gold, but in their place a scarlet plumelet of feathers—from the wings of the red cardinal.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
Involuntarily the maiden fastens her glance on the plumelet, which flits upward and upward in the direction of the moon's silvery orb.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
A small plumelet of eagle-down dances over his head.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
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