Glittering with gold and scarlet plumery

Southey. plumetty, plumetté (plö'met-i, plö-me-tā'), a . [Heraldic F. plumetté , OF.plumette , a little feather, dim. of plume , feather: see plume .] In her . , covered with feathers, or feather-like decorations: said especially of the field when divided into fusils each of which is filled with a feather. The decorations are then of different tinctures, usually a metal and a color alternately. plum-fir (plum'fér), n . See Podocarp us . plumelet (plömʻlet), n . [ plume + -let .] 1. In ornith ., a plumule or plumula; a down-feather. -2. Anything resembling a small plume, as a tuft of leaves or leaflets, or needles of a conifplum-gouger (plum'gou"erous tree. jer), n . A kind of cur Plum-gouger ( Cocco torus prunicida). (Line shows natural size.) plum-gouger culio or weevil, Cocco torus prunicida . It is common in the Mi i ippi valley, where it damages plums, [ plum a , a nectarines, and allied fruits. Both sexes in the adult state gouge the fruit when feeding, and the larva feeds upon the contents of the pit or stone. It is single-brooded, and pa es the winter in the beetle state. plum i come (plöʻmi-kōm), n. feather, + coma ( κόμη ), the hair of the head: see coma2 .] In sponges, a hexaster whose rays end in a number of plumose branches. Compare flor i come . plum i comous (plö-mik'ō-mus), a . [ plum i come + -ous .] Having the character of a plu mico me. IMG:content-0467.png:[blocks in formation]