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Scapular :: Scapular (n.) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.

Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A support for the center of a tunnel.

Water Feather-foil :: Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata..

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

Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..

Interscapulars :: Interscapulars (n. pl.) The interscapular feathers of a bird.

Pluma :: Pluma (n.) A feather.

Bird :: Bird (n.) Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2)..

Pinniform :: Pinniform (a.) Shaped like a fin or feather.

Owl :: Owl (n.) Any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits..

Comatula :: Comatula (n.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars..

Intermediae :: Intermediae (n. pl.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices..

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) Same as Foliation.

Aplustre :: Aplustre (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather..

Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Archaeopteryx :: Archaeopteryx (n.) A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics..

Feather-edged/ :: Feather-edged/ (a.) Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable..

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

Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..

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

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