Definition of feather

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Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species..

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Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..
Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.
Entermewer :: Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year..
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A feather; a quill.
Plumassary :: Plumassary (n.) A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.
Penduline :: Penduline (n.) A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers..
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Hyporadius :: Hyporadius (n.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather..
Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
Feather :: Feather (n.) The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl..
Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) Any thin, as on a board or a razor..
Gena :: Gena () The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
Feathering :: Feathering (n.) Same as Foliation.
Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.
Bantam :: Bantam (n.) A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java..
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
Isopogonous :: Isopogonous (a.) Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.
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