define plumage
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plumage Plumage is defined as all of the feathers of a bird. A parrot's feathers are an example ofplumage. plumage. plumage. The covering of feathers on a bird.
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- Poultry of the World. Poultry (/ˌpoʊltriː/) are domesticated birds kept by humans for the eggs they produce, their meat, or their feathers. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails and turkeys).
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- fledgling meaning, definition, what is fledgling: a young bird that has grown feathers and is learning to fly. Learn more.
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Bird Facts For Kids â Characteristics Of A Bird If all the feathers of a bird are known by one word, that is ‘plumage’. Birds are the only species that have feathers on their bodies. Thus it is a hallmark that is exclusively for birds.
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costume costume (plural costumes) 1  A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people. The dancer was wearing Highland costume. 2  An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc. We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
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- definition of preen transitive verb 1 of a bird to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland 2 to dress or smooth oneself up primp 3 to pride or congratulate oneself on an achievement intransitive verb 1
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- A group of peafowl is called a party or a pride! The Indian peafowl is the national birdAn animal that has wings and is covered with feathers. Birds have a backbone, are warm-blooded, produce young from eggs, and walk on their two legs.
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flock birds of a feather (flock together) Individuals of like character, taste, or background (tend to stay together), as in The members of the club had no trouble selecting their yearly outing-they're all birds of a feather .
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cuckoo Definition of cuckoo. plural. cuckoos. 1 : a largely grayish-brown European bird (Cuculus canorus) that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring; broadly : any of a large family (Cuculidae of the order Cuculiformes) to which this bird belongs. 2 : the call of the cuckoo.
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- A group of peafowl is called a party or a pride! The Indian peafowl is the national birdAn animal that has wings and is covered with feathers. Birds have a backbone, are warm-blooded, produce young from eggs, and walk on their two legs. Most can fly. of India and is protected in that country.
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fowl 2. poultry-flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food. domestic fowl, fowl, poultry-a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. bird, fowl-the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food. chicken, poulet, volaille-the flesh of a chicken used for food.
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coop Definition of coop. 1  1 : a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry); also : a small building for housing poultry. 2  2a : a confined areab : jail.
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- Define attire: to put garments on : dress, array; especially : to clothe in fancy or rich garments — attire in a sentence to put garments on : dress, array; especially : to clothe in fancy or rich garments… See the full definition
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- Full Definition of PEACOCK. 1. : a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and are erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display; broadly: peafowl.2.: one making a proud display of oneself: show-off. a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed upper tail coverts which are mostly tipped with iridescent spots and are erected and spread in a shimmering fan usually as a courtship display; broadly: peafowl. 2. : one making a proud display of oneself: show-off.
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Definitions &Translations Poultry. Poultry is a category of domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or killing for their meat or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae, especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae, commonly known as waterfowl.Poultry also includes other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or doves or birds considered to be game, such as pheasants.hese most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae, especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae, commonly known as waterfowl. Poultry also includes other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or doves or birds considered to be game, such as pheasants.
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- Full Definition of BEAK. 1. a: the bill of a bird; especially: a strong short broad bill b (1) : the elongated sucking mouth of some insects (as the true bugs) (2) : any of various rigid projecting mouth structures (as of a turtle) c: the human nose. 2.
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duck duck 1. n. 1. Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet. 2. A female duck. 3. The flesh of a duck used as food., pl ducks or duck. 1. (Animals) any of various small aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, typically having short legs, webbed feet, and a broad blunt bill: order Anseriformes.
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nesting (plural nestings) 1  The process by which a bird nests. ( 2 computing) The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.
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Aves birds Birds are vertebrates with feathers, modified for flight and for active metabolism. Birds are a monophyletic lineage, evolved once from a common ancestor, and all birds are related through that common origin.
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egg noun. A collection of eggs from different birds. A collection of eggs from different birds. The definition of an egg is the female reproductive cell in many animals or the thin-shelled oval body laid by hens and other animals. An example of an egg is what gets fertilized during a female's ovulation.
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- (ˈfɜr ɪŋ) n. 1. the act of lining, trimming, or clothing with fur. 2. the fur used. 3. the formation of a coating of matter on something, as on the tongue. 4. a. the attaching of strips of wood or the like (fur′ring strips`) to a wall or other surface, as to provide an even support for lath. b. material used for this.
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coloration coloration. n. 1. arrangement of colour and tones; colouring. 2. (Zoology) the colouring or markings of insects, birds, etc.
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feather Feather in one's cap definition, one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side. See more.
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flock birds of a feather (flock together). Individuals of like character, taste, or background (tend to stay together), as in The members of the club had no trouble selecting their yearly outing-they're all birds of a feather.
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comb 1 comb1. 1  a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place. 2  a currycomb. 3  any comblike instrument, object, or formation. 4  the fleshy, more or less serrated outgrowth on the head of certain gallinaceous birds, especially the domestic fowl.
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- Most people know a bird when they see one — it has feathers, wings, and a bill. Birds are warm-blooded, and most species can fly. Many migrate hundreds or thousands of miles. Birds lay hard-shelled eggs (often in a nest), and the parents care for the young. Many communicate with songs and calls.