plumage

«plumage» in Mova's school dictionary: all the feathers of a bird, their colours and patterns — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plumage — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Plumage is all the feathers of a bird, their colours and patterns. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, male birds often have brighter plumage to attract females, while females are duller to hide on the nest (peacocks, mallards). Birds moult and grow new plumage. Young birds have juvenile plumage. In stories, bright plumage describes beautiful or showy birds.

examples

• The peacock showed off its colourful plumage. tree →
• The male mallard has bright green plumage on its head. tree →
• In winter the ptarmigan's plumage turns white. tree →
• The parrot's plumage was red, blue and yellow. tree →
• Young gulls have brown plumage. tree →
• Birds clean their plumage with their beaks. tree →
• He sat quiet and unconscious of his gay plumage. tree →

note

Uncountable: no a plumage. Said PLOO-mij. Related: plume (one big feather). A formal word for feathers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plumage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.