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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..

Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To tread, as a cock..

Featherless :: Featherless (a.) Destitute of feathers.

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

Fan :: Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle..

Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..

Whidah Bird :: Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch..

Plumiped :: Plumiped (a.) Having feet covered with feathers.

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)..

Starting :: Starthroat (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

Feather-few/ :: Feather-few/ (n.) Feverfew.

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

Swanskin :: Swanskin (n.) The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.

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..

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..

Whiskered :: Whiskered (a.) Having elongated hairs, feathers, or bristles on the cheeks..

Crissum :: Crissum (n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts..

Feathering. :: Feathering. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feathe.

Panache :: Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers..

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

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