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alternate plumage

alternate plumage noun: the plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding.

Noun

alternate plumage (countable and uncountable, plural alternate plumages)

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

Forms of alternate plumage

pluralalternate plumages

Questions about alternate plumage

What does alternate plumage mean?
Alternate plumage means the plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding.
What part of speech is alternate plumage?
Alternate plumage is a noun.
What is the plural of alternate plumage?
The plural of alternate plumage is alternate plumages.

Words near alternate plumage in the dictionary

  1. alternate historian
  2. alternate historians
  3. alternate histories
  4. alternate history
  5. alternate juror
  6. alternate plumage
  7. alternate reality game
  8. alternate reality games
  9. alternate ring hitching
  10. alternate ring hitchings
  11. alternate timeline

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