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

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

Panache :: Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers..

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

Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.

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

Microlepidoptera :: Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc..

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

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

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

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..

Implumed :: Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.

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

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

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..

Deplumate :: Deplumate (a.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

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.

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..

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

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