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juvenal plumage

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ju⋅ve⋅nal plum⋅age

[joo-vuh-nl]
–noun Ornithology.
the first plumage of birds, composed of contour feathers, which in certain species follows the naked nestling stage and in other species follows the molt of natal down.

Origin:
< L juvenālis youthful, equiv. to juven(is) young man or woman + -ālis -al 1
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