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eclipse plumage

–noun Ornithology.
the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.

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1905–10
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eclipse plumage  
n.  Dull or colorless plumage that certain birds, such as male ducks, acquire at the end of the breeding season.
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