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Intermediae :: Intermediae (n. pl.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices..

Beard :: Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some bird.

Callow :: Callow (a.) Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.

Swans-down :: Swans-down (n.) The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress..

Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) A down feather.

Turacoverdin :: Turacoverdin (n.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

Spline :: Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece..

Bird :: Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..

Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.

Stand-by :: Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.

Semiplume :: Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather..

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves..

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

Orbitary :: Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird..

Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle..

Lyre Bird :: Lyre bird () Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail..

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