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Feather-brained/ :: Feather-brained/ (a.) Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed.

Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

Unplume :: Unplume (v. t.) To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate..

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

Coronated :: Coronated (a.) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds.

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To adorn with feathers or plumes.

Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster..

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

Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.

Pteryla :: Pteryla (n.) One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria.

Mew :: Mew (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance..

Sarcel :: Sarcel (n.) One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk..

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..

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

Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

Buffel Duck :: Buffel duck () A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead..

Principal :: Principal (n.) The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

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

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

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