plumage

1. The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (synset 101898672)
   is a type of:

   • body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
   • animal material - material derived from animals
   subtypes:

   • down, down feather - soft fine feathers
   • aftershaft - a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds
   • contour feather - feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape
   • alula, bastard wing, spurious wing - tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
   • marabou - the downy feathers of marabou storks are used for trimming garments
   • hackle - long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
   • flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
   • scapular - a feather covering the shoulder of a bird
   has:

   • vane, web - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
   • calamus, quill, shaft - the hollow spine of a feather
   is a part of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
   substance holonym:

   • ceratin, keratin - a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
   • melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers
   same as: feather, plume

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