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FEATHERS |
Plumes |
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PLUMELESS |
Without plumes. |
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PENNED |
Winged; having plumes. |
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PLUMOUS |
Having feathers or plumes. |
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EMU |
Bird held back by plumes |
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PLUME |
To adorn with feathers or plumes. |
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PLUMERY |
Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. |
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IMPLUMED |
Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless. |
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UNPLUME |
To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate. |
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DEPLUMATION |
The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. |
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PLUMY |
Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. |
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PLUMASSIER |
One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or
feathers. |
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CREST |
To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like,
waving plumes. |
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NOD |
To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as,
nodding plumes. |
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UNBARBED |
Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or
plumes; as, an unbarded feather. |
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DISPLUME |
To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive
of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade. |
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COQUETTE |
A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very
elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under
Spangle, v. t. |
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BIRD OF PARADISE |
... genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the
adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and
often ... |
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MARABOU |
...Ciconia),
esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn
as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is t... |
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KIRUMBO |
...nly
living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral
plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the... |
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EGRET |
The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on
the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are
the American eg... |