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Plumeless :: Plumeless (a.) Without plumes.

Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

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.

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

Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles..

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.) A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.

Penniform :: Penniform (a.) Having the form of a feather or 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..

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)..

Plumassier :: Plumassier (n.) One who prepares or deals in ornamental plumes or feathers.

Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers..

Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To lay bare; to expose.

Marabou :: Marabou (n.) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species (L. dubius, or L. argala) is the adjutant. See Adjutant..

Plumularia :: Plumularia (n.) Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidae. They generally grow in plumelike forms.

Pennach :: Pennach (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.

Emplumed :: Emplumed (a.) Plumed.

Crest :: Crest (v. t.) To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes..

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

Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword..

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