velvety-plumaged

• Adjectif composé désuet utilisé pour décrire un oiseau dont le plumage est doux et lisse, rappelant le velours.

An obsolete compound adjective used to describe a bird having plumage that is soft and smooth like velvet.

1. Plumage resembling velvetC1formal

   Describing feathers that are soft, smooth, and dense, similar to the texture of velvet.

   au plumage velouté

   • The bird's velvety-plumaged back shimmered in the sunlight.
   • Ornithologists noted the velvety-plumaged appearance of the rare species.
   • Its velvety-plumaged chest felt soft to the touch.