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Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.

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

Semiplume :: Semiplume (n.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather..

Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..

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

Pennigerous :: Pennigerous (a.) Bearing feathers or quills.

Motmot :: Motmot (n.) Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species the two long middle tail feathers are racket-shaped at the tip, when mature. The bird itself is said by some writers to trim them into this shape. They feed on insects, reptiles, and fruit, and are found from Mexico to Brazil. The name is derived from its note..

Supra-axillary :: Supra-auricular (n.) A supra-auricular feather.

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

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

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..

Dogvane :: Dogvane (n.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind..

Braccate :: Braccate (a.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

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

Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Pteroglossal :: Pteroglossal (a.) Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers..

Pluma :: Pluma (n.) A feather.

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

Titillate :: Titillate (v. t. & i.) To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather..

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