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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)..

Spall :: Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) A down feather.

Mew :: Mew (v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers..

Clematis :: Clematis (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower..

Oo :: Oo (n.) A beautiful bird (Moho nobilis) of the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.

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

Primary :: Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird..

Loral :: Loral (a.) Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc..

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

Decomposed :: Decomposed (a.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..

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

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

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

Feather :: Feather (n.) A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse..

Antiae :: Antiae (n. pl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Pennaceous :: Pennaceous (a.) Like or pertaining to a normal feather.

Feather :: Feather (v. i.) To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers.

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