Search Result for "plumage": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds;
[syn: feather, plume, plumage]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plumage \Plum"age\ (pl[=u]m"[asl]j), n. [F., from plume a feather.] (Zool.) The entire clothing of a bird. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plumage n 1: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds [syn: feather, plume, plumage]