Definition of feather

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Feather (n.) One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

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Pennatula :: Pennatula (n.) Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches..
Flighted :: Flighted (a.) Feathered; -- said of arrows.
Gymnorhinal :: Gymnorhinal (a.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds..
Radius :: Radius (n.) The barbs of a perfect feather.
Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..
Plumassary :: Plumassary (n.) A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.
Sarcel :: Sarcel (n.) One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk..
Crissum :: Crissum (n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts..
Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.
Scaled :: Scaled (a.) Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove..
Isopogonous :: Isopogonous (a.) Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.
Eye :: Eye (n.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock..
Spline :: Spline (n.) A rectangular piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also, sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece..
Sufi :: Suffusion (n.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds..
Primary :: Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird..
Jager :: "Jager (n.) Any species of gull of the genus Stercorarius. Three species occur on the Atlantic coast. The jagers pursue other species of gulls and force them to disgorge their prey. The two middle tail feathers are usually decidedly longer than the rest. Called also boatswain, and marline-spike bird. The name is also applied to the skua, or Arctic gull (Megalestris skua)..
Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.
Floccus :: Floccus (n.) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.
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