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Plumelet :: Plumelet (n.) A small plume.

Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..

Plume :: Plume (v.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses..

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

Hypoptilum :: Hypoptilum (n.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

Displumed :: Displumed (imp. & p. p.) of Displum.

Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..

Crest :: Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet..

Plumeless :: Plumeless (a.) Without plumes.

Penned :: Penned (a.) Winged; having plumes.

Beplumed :: Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.

Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..

Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

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..

Deplumed :: Deplumed (imp. & p. p.) of Deplum.

Damascene :: Damascene (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson..

Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t..

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Pterophore :: Pterophore (n.) Any moth of the genus Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth. See Plume moth, under Plume..

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