Definition of plume

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Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..

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Plumelet :: Plumelet (n.) A small plume.
Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis..
Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To lay bare; to expose.
Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword..
Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc..
Plumassier :: Plumassier (n.) One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.
Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
Deplumate :: Deplumate (a.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.
Damascene :: Damascene (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson..
Implumed :: Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.
Deplumed :: Deplumed (imp. & p. p.) of Deplum.
Microlepidoptera :: Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc..
Frangipanni :: Frangipanni (n.) A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria..
Plumy :: Plumy (a.) Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery..
Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..
Plumiliform :: Plumiliform (a.) Having the of a plume or feather.
Pinnule :: Pinnule (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid..
Egret :: Egret (n.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, / Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima)..
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