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Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..

Implumed :: Implumed (a.) Not plumed; without plumes or feathers; featherless.

Sufi :: Suffusion (n.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds..

Scissors-tailed :: Scissors-tailed (a.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones..

Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..

Alunogen :: Alunogen (n.) A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt..

Pith :: Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.

Stand-by :: Standard-wing (n.) A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing.

Feather-veined :: Feather-veined (a.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.

Corniplume :: Corniplume (n.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

Indented :: Indented (a.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds..

Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..

Puff-legged :: Puff-legged (a.) Having a conspicuous tuft of feathers on the legs.

Emu Wren :: Emu wren () A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers..

Tail :: Tail (n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

Grail :: Grail (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk.

Crinet :: Crinet (n.) A very fine, hairlike feather..

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

Unbarbed :: Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather..

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