different between plumage vs goldeneye

English

Etymology

From Old French plumage (14c.), itself from plume (“feather”) (from Latin pl?ma (“feather, down”), from a Proto-Indo-European base *plews- (“to pluck, a feather, fleece”) + -age.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: plo?om'?j, IPA^(key): /?plu?m?d?/
• (obsolete) enPR: plyo?om'?j, IPA^(key): /?plju?m?d?/
• Rhymes: -u?m?d?

Noun

plumage (countable and uncountable, plural plumages)

1. (ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
   • 1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)

     [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

     [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

   Synonym: (obsolete) pennage

2. Finery or elaborate dress.

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Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ply.ma?/

Noun

plumage m (plural plumages)

1. (ornithology, collective noun) plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)

   Synonyms: (falconry) pennage, plumée

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Further reading

• “plumage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

golden +? eye

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????ldn?.??/

Noun

goldeneye (plural goldeneyes)

1. Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage.
2. Any of several lacewings of the family Chrysopidae.
3. Any of several flowering plants of the subtribe Helianthinae.

Synonyms

• (seaduck): whistler
• (fly): green lacewing

Derived terms

• Barrow's goldeneye, Bucephala islandica
• common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula

Translations

References

• Goldeneye (duck) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viguiera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Becuphela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chrysopidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Helianthinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies