Usually means: Seasonal feather change in birds.
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  3. Alternate plumage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. alternate plumage: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (alternate plumage)

▸ noun:  The plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding

Similar:
basic plumage, feathering, plumage, court, eclipse, plumiped, sexual dichromatism, false primary, birdsong, speculum, more...

Opposite:
basic plumage, breeding plumage, eclipse plumage

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Similar:
basic plumage, feathering, plumage, court, eclipse, plumiped, sexual dichromatism, false primary, birdsong, speculum, more...

Opposite:
basic plumage, breeding plumage, eclipse plumage



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