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Preen :: Preen (n.) To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds..

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

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having hairs, or other parts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles..

Obumbrant :: Obumbrant (a.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers..

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

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

Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle..

Sumac :: Sum (v. t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.

Auriculars :: Auriculars (n. pl.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.

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

Vane :: Vane (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.

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

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)..

Barbicel :: Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.

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

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

Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe..

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

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