plumage
/ˈplumɪd͡ʒ/ nom C2En français : plumage, plume, plumée, pennage
- The feathers covering the body of a bird collectively.
- A person's dress, especially when elaborate or fine.
- A person's external appearance, especially when showy.
Pluriel plumages
Dans la bibliothèque
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
THE SWALLOW and the Crow had a contention about their plumage.
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage.
A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, “I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.” “True,” replied the Crane; “but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill.”
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