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Pronunciation : Plum"age
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., from plume a feather.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: The entire clothing of a bird.

Note: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913