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Linnet :: Linnet (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria)

Pinfeathered :: Pinfeathered (a.) Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed..

Crissum :: Crissum (n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts..

Barb :: Barb (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Pompon :: Pompon (n.) A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather..

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers..

Pen :: Pen (n.) A feather.

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

Mallophaga :: Mallophaga (n. pl.) An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. See Bird louse, under Bird..

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

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

Plume :: Plume (v.) A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers..

Vireton :: Vireton (n.) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow having feathers or brass placed at an angle with the shaft to make it spin in flying.

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

Remiges :: Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..

Rectrix :: Rectrix (n.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.

Calamus :: Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Pennach :: Pennach (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.

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