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A feather.

The entire clothing of a bird.

A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.

One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.

Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet

Having the structure of a filoplume.

One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

An Australian pigeon of the genus Phaps, of several species; -- so called from its bronze plumage.

y stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. -- Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird.…

n; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

) , glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed.

A gull in the plumage of its first year.

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.

urope; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima). A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. G. W. Cable.

An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.

A pheasantlike bird of rich plumage and graceful form and movement, fabled to appear in the land on the accession of a sage to the throne, or when right principles are about to prevail. It is often represented on porcelains and other works of art.

lorida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. -- Gray snipe (Zoöl.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. -- Gray whale (Zoöl.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.

d North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.

Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.