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Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..

Plume :: Plume (v.) An ornamental tuft of feathers.

Flighted :: Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.

Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Impennate :: Impennate (a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins..

Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Indument :: Indument (n.) Plumage; feathers.

Featherly :: Featherly (a.) Like feathers.

Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees..

Bantam :: Bantam (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java..

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.

Owl :: Owl (n.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits..

Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers..

Unfledged :: Unfledged (a.) Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature..

Keratin :: Keratin (n.) A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal tissues, such as horn, hair, feathers, and the like. It is an insoluble substance, and, unlike elastin, is not dissolved even by gastric or pancreatic juice. By decomposition with sulphuric acid it yields leucin and tyrosin, as does albumin. Called also epidermose..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..

Pillow :: Pillow (n.) Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material..

Feather :: Feather (n.) One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down..

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