From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plumage \Plum"age\ (pl[=u]m"[asl]j), noun [F., from plume a feather.] (Zo["o]l.) The entire clothing of a bird.
Note: It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. See Illust. under {Bird}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds [syn: {feather}, {plume}]
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