Usually means: Loss of feathers in birds.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. deplumation: Merriam-Webster
  2. deplumation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deplumation: Wordnik
  4. deplumation: Wiktionary
  5. Deplumation, deplumation: Dictionary.com
  6. Deplumation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. deplumation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Deplumation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. deplumation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. deplumation: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Deplumation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. deplumation: Medical dictionary
  3. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Deplumation, Deplumation, Deplumation: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (deplumation)

noun:  The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
noun:  (medicine) Loss of the eyelashes due to disease of the eyelids.
noun:  (figurative) The stripping of someone's symbol(s) of status and prestige; humiliation.

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