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

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

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t..

Hamulus :: Hamulus (n.) A hooked barbicel of a feather.

Turacoverdin :: Turacoverdin (n.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

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

Floccus :: Floccus (n.) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

Entermewer :: Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year..

Quill :: Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill..

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

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

Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..

Spaniel :: Spaniel (n.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber, and Cocker..

Axillars :: Axillars (n. pl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing..

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

Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.

Moult :: Moult (n.) The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting..

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