feather, plume, plumage
(noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plumage (countable and uncountable, plural plumages)
(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally.
Synonym: pennage (obsolete)
Finery or elaborate dress.
Source: Wiktionary
Plum"age, n. Etym: [F., from plume a feather.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
