ornith cycle
1alternate plumage — Ornith. (of birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the second molt, usually brighter than the basic plumage. * * * …
2basic plumage — Ornith. 1. the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt. 2. (in birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the first molt, usually the duller plumage. * * * …
3supplemental plumage — Ornith. the third plumage assumed by certain birds having three different plumages in their annual cycle of molts. * * * …
4alternate plumage — Ornith. (of birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the second molt, usually brighter than the basic plumage …
5basic plumage — Ornith. 1. the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt. 2. (in birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the first molt, usually the duller plumage …
6supplemental plumage — Ornith. the third plumage assumed by certain birds having three different plumages in their annual cycle of molts …
7Black Kite — Black Kite, Milvus migrans Conservation status …
8penguin — /peng gwin, pen /, n. Ornith. 1. any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers. 2. Obs. See great auk. [1570 80; orig. uncert.; perh. < Welsh pen… …
9Polymorphism (biology) — Light morph Jaguar (typical) Dark morph or melanistic Jaguar (about …
10gruiform — /grooh euh fawrm /, adj. Ornith. of or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots. [1895 1900; < NL gruiformis, sing. of Gruiformes, equiv. to Gru , s. of Grus a genus of the order (L grus CRANE) + iformes… …
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