Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, the stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers; molting.
- noun In pathology, an affection of the eyelids in which the eyelashes drop out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
- noun (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
stripping or falling off ofplumes orfeathers . - noun medicine A
disease of theeyelids , attended with loss of theeyelashes .
Etymologies
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See deplumate.
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