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Word: Deplume
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French desplumer or medieval Latin deplumare, from des-, de- (expressing reversal) + Latin pluma ‘feather’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈpluːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
remove feathers from (a bird)
Short Definition:remove feathers from
Examples:- a depluming scabies mite that commonly affects parrots
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