Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with plumage; feathered: usually in composition with a qualifying term: as, fullplumaged.
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- adjective Having
plumage
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- adjective having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form
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Examples
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In fact Darwin said that if the “…law of equal transmission of characters…” was not operative then the intellectual biological differences between men/woman would be as high a contrast as between a full plumaged peacock and a peahen.
Albuquerque hosts Charles Darwin at Museum this Sunday - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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In fact Darwin said that if the “…law of equal transmission of characters…” was not operative then the intellectual biological differences between men/woman would be as high a contrast as between a full plumaged peacock and a peahen.
Albuquerque hosts Charles Darwin at Museum this Sunday - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Handsome, brightly plumaged, not at the front of the queue when the brains were handed out.
Not just pretty feathers Carla 2010
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Handsome, brightly plumaged, not at the front of the queue when the brains were handed out.
Archive 2010-02-01 Carla 2010
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In fact Darwin said that if the “…law of equal transmission of characters…” was not operative then the intellectual biological differences between men/woman would be as high a contrast as between a full plumaged peacock and a peahen.
Albuquerque hosts Charles Darwin at Museum this Sunday - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Handsome, brightly plumaged, not at the front of the queue when the brains were handed out.
The battle of Arfderydd or Arthuret Carla 2010
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Bird species are numerous and spectacularly plumaged.
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The soft-plumaged petrel Pterodroma mollis and white bellied storm petrel Fregetta gralaria populations are globally important.
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Variably plumaged Icelandic Herring gulls reflect founders not hybrids.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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On one of these trees a dozen or twenty full-plumaged male birds assemble together, raise up their wings, stretch out their necks, and elevate their exquisite plumes, keeping them in a continual vibration.
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