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Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf..

Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..

Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

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

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

Braccate :: Braccate (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap..

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog..

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Pterylosis :: Pterylosis (n.) The arrangement of feathers in definite areas.

Grouse :: Grouse (n. sing. & pl.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet..

Rectrix :: Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

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

Imp :: Imp (n.) To graft with new feathers, as a wing; to splice a broken feather. Hence, Fig.: To repair; to extend; to increase; to strengthen to equip..

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..

Pruning :: Pruning (n.) That which is cast off by bird in pruning her feathers; leavings.

Oo :: Oo (n.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

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

Implumed :: Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.

Pappus :: Pappus (n.) The hairy or feathery appendage of the achenes of thistles, dandelions, and most other plants of the order Compositae; also, the scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants of the same order..

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