Synonyms for plumage
ˈplu mɪdʒplumage

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.4 / 19 votes

1. feather, plume, plumagenoun

   the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

   Synonyms:
   feathering, feather, plume

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1. • Animal Material
   • Body Covering

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. plumagenoun

   Synonyms:
   feathers

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1. List of paraphrases for "plumage":

   feathers, badminton

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1. Wang Min:

   The well-preserved tail feathers in this new fossil bird provide great new information about how sexual selection has shaped the avian tail from their earliest stage, the complexity we see in Yuanchuavis's feathers is related to one of the reasons we hypothesize why living birds are so incredibly diverse, because they can separate themselves into different species just by differences in plumage and differences in song.

2. Jean Anouilh:

   Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.