plumage
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
plumage /ˈpluːmɪdʒ/
▶noun a bird's feathers collectively.
– derivatives
-plumaged adjective.
-plumaged adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., from plume ‘feather’.
'plumage' also found in these Oxford entries:
apostlebird
- Aylesbury
- bateleur eagle
- bird of paradise
- bittern
- blackbird
- black grouse
- blue crane
- bobwhite
- booby
- bulbul
- bullfinch
- bunting
- cacique
- chiffchaff
- cock-of-the-rock
- condor
- contour feather
- coot
- cormorant
- corn bunting
- corncrake
- cowbird
- crane
- crow
- curlew
- currawong
- diamond-bird
- drongo
- eclipse
- egret
- emu
- erythrism
- falconet
- feathering
- ferruginous duck
- finch
- flamingo
- frigate bird
- gallinule
- gannet
- garden warbler
- goldfinch
- grackle
- greenfinch
- greenlet
- greylag
- griffon
- grosbeak
- guineafowl
