Definition of Deplumation. Meaning of Deplumation. Synonyms of Deplumation

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Definition of Deplumation

Deplumation
Deplumation Dep`lu*ma"tion, n. [See Deplumate.] 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. --Bp. Stillingfleet 2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes. --Thomas.

Meaning of Deplumation from wikipedia

- In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process...
- plenish, plenishment, plenitude, plenitudinous, plenum plūma plūm- feather deplumation, deplume, displume, plumage, plume, plumose, plumosity, plumulaceous...