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

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

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

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

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

Egret :: Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle..

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

Hyporadius :: Hyporadius (n.) One of the barbs of the hypoptilum, or aftershaft of a feather. See Feather..

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

Zoomelanin :: Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

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

Bird :: Bird (n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings. See Aves..

Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

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..

Barrel :: Barrel (n.) The hollow basal part of a feather.

Nun :: Nun (n.) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head.

Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.

Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather..

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used..

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