NUPTIAL PLUMAGE


Meaning of NUPTIAL PLUMAGE in English

noun

also nuptial dress

: the specialized plumage assumed by the males of many birds while the gonads are enlarging prior to the start of the annual breeding period and characterized by greater brilliance of color and form than that of the nonbreeding males — called also breeding plumage ; compare eclipse plumage

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