Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, a plume or feather of pen-naeeous structure; a contour-feather, as distinguished from a down-feather; a quill-feather or penna: opposed to plumule.
- noun A name in the West Indies of a fish, Calamus calamus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A feather.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
feather .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An exhibition of arte plumaria by Marta Lopez Luna, Mi collar, mi pequena pluma, will be inaugurated June 1 at 6 p.m. at the Centro Cultural Universitario in Morelia and continuing for three weeks.
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Lucas Rozenmacher es sociólogo y escritor, entre sus obras se encuentran Diaria (teatro), Cristales (cuentos) y El cuadrado en la pluma (poesía).
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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Se deben a su pluma 153 títulos de muy diversos géneros, salvo el teatro: poesía, ensayo, novela, viajes, historia y biografía.
Hilaire Belloc 2008
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Volvemos a la pluma, a la suavidad del papel con diligencia.
veruscio Diary Entry veruscio 2008
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Contemplationis pluma nos sublevat, atque inde erigimur intentione cordis, dulcedine contemplationis distinct.
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Suspirat in convivio, bibat licet gemmis et toro molliore marcidum corpus condiderit, vigilat in pluma.
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Ingenio poteram superas volitare per arces: Ut me pluma levat, sic grave mergit onus.
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Salones grandes — camas de luxo — colchones de pluma (grand saloons — luxurious sleeping rooms — beds of down).
The Alhambra 2002
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Salones grandes — camas de luxo — colchones de pluma (grand saloons — luxurious sleeping rooms — beds of down).
The Alhambra 2002
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Alguien hizo un error de pluma: Somebody made a slip of the pen.
Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) C. A. Toledano
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