| plumaged | (adj) having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form, Example: fully plumaged young bird; brilliantly plumaged parrots |
| plumate | (adj) having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft, Syn. plumed, plumose |
| velvety-plumaged | (adj) plumage resembling velvet |
| cottage pink | (n) European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers, Syn. Dianthus plumarius, grass pink |
| feather | (n) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds, Syn. plume, plumage |
| pluck | (v) strip of feathers, Syn. pull, displume, deplume, deplumate, tear, Example: pull a chicken; pluck the capon |
| Deplumate | a. [ LL. diplumatus, p. p. of deplumare. See Deplume. ] (Zool.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Deplumation | n. [ See Deplumate. ] 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes. Thomas. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Filoplumaceous | a. (Zool.) Having the structure of a filoplume. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glumaceous | a. [ Cf. F. glumancé. See Glume. ] Having glumes; consisting of glumes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Glumal | a. (Bot.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lumachella | { ‖ } n. [ F. lumachelle, It. lumachella, fr. lamachella a little snail, dim. of lumaca a snail, fr. L. limax, -acis. ] (Min.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Lumachel |
| Pluma | ‖n.; pl. Plumæ [ L. ] (Zool.) A feather. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Plumage | n. [ F., from plume a feather. ] (Zool.) The entire clothing of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Plumassary | n. [ Cf. F. plumasseau. ] A plume or collection of ornamental feathers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Plumassier | ‖n. [ F. ] One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subglumaceous | a. Somewhat glumaceous. [ 1913 Webster ] |
