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Definition of Plumages
1. plumage [n] - See also: plumage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumages
Literary usage of Plumages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"49-63) the fact that Gulls and Terns pass through a perfectly definite series of
plumages separated by definite moults. This record, modified only a little ..."
2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Little has been published on the plumages and molts of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus
marmoratus). Although the general pattern of molt and plumages ..."
3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"[The Sequence of plumages and Moult« of the Passerine Birds of \. ... no serious
attempt to link together the successive plumages attained before maturity, ..."
4. The Birds of New Jersey by Charles Anthony Shriner (1896)
"... under surface, white; neck and sides mottled with gray; various intermediate
plumages occur in spring when the birds are changing; the bill is straight ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The Sequence of Moults and plumages of the Passerine Birds of New York State :
Jonathan Dwight, MD Dr. Dwight fully described the process of moulting and ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"49-63) the fact that Gulls and Terns pass through a perfectly definite series of
plumages separated by definite moults. This record, modified only a little ..."
7. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"Little has been published on the plumages and molts of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus
marmoratus). Although the general pattern of molt and plumages ..."
8. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"[The Sequence of plumages and Moult« of the Passerine Birds of \. ... no serious
attempt to link together the successive plumages attained before maturity, ..."
9. The Birds of New Jersey by Charles Anthony Shriner (1896)
"... under surface, white; neck and sides mottled with gray; various intermediate
plumages occur in spring when the birds are changing; the bill is straight ..."
10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The Sequence of Moults and plumages of the Passerine Birds of New York State :
Jonathan Dwight, MD Dr. Dwight fully described the process of moulting and ..."
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