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Plumigerous :: Plumigerous (a.) Feathered; having 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..

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

Rough-footed :: Rough-footed (a.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.

Penguin :: Penguin (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass..

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..

Roughleg :: Roughleg (n.) Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard..

Water Feather :: Water feather () Alt. of Water feather-foi.

Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal..

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

Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds..

Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..

Moult :: Moult (n.) The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting..

Gymnorhinal :: Gymnorhinal (a.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds..

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

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..

Flabellum :: Flabellum (n.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers..

Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

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