Pluma

Plumage phenotype: bottom side of a primary feather of a Buzzard

The term Pluma and the affix ~pluma~ (Latin: plūma "feather") may refer to:


In birds

  • Plumage - the layer of feathers that cover a bird
    • Plumage Section - campaigners the Selborne Society against the use of birds for fashion
    • Plumage League - a campaign against the excessive use of birds' feathers and plumage in ladies fashions
  • Plumaceous - down of birds
  • Plumology - the plumage science

In natural sciences

In computing

  • pluma (editor) - small and lightweight UTF-8 text editor for the MATE environment

In places

  • Pluma Hidalgo - a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico
  • Pluma de Pato - a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina

In other uses

  • Peso pluma (Spanish) - a weight class division in the sport of Boxing, Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman Wrestling


See also

Pennatulacea ("Sea feather"; Virgularia sp.)
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