velvety-plumaged

• Adjetivo composto usado para descrever uma ave que tem plumagem macia e lisa, semelhante ao veludo.

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.

   Plumagem aveludada

   • 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.