alternate plumage

noun

The plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding

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Meanings

nounalternate plumage (countable and uncountable, plural alternate plumages)

plural alternate plumages

  1. countableuncountableThe plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding
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