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Clematis :: Clematis (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower..

Peripterous :: Peripterous (a.) Feathered all around.

Ringbird :: Ringbird (n.) The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.

Spear :: Spear (n.) The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4..

Unplume :: Unplume (v. t.) To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate..

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..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..

Bird Of Paradise :: Bird of paradise () The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers..

Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..

Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.

Racket-tailed :: Racket-tailed (a.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers..

Turacin :: Turacin (n.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.

Entermewer :: Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year..

Feather-few/ :: Feather-few/ (n.) Feverfew.

Louse :: Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga..

Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl..

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..

Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself..

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

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To adorn with feathers or plumes.

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