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Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..

Plumy :: Plumy (a.) Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery..

Stipulaceous :: Stipula (n.) A newly sprouted feather.

Pterylography :: Pterylography (n.) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds..

Squab :: Squab (a.) Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon..

Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..

Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) Any thin, as on a board or a razor..

Fletcher :: Fletcher (n.) One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows.

Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..

Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..

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

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..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.

Crested :: Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.

Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..

Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..

Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.

Zooerythrine :: Zooerythrine (n.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves..

Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.

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