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Plumes Source Crossword Clue

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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

27%9 Sources of plumes
noun

• a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)

• fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

27%6 Helmet plumes
noun

• the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the center of a cambered road

• (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

• a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

verb

• lie at the top of

• reach a high point

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New York Times03 Apr 1997 Down 58
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