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Artichoke
noun · 78% connection
The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Bird
noun · 78% connection
Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Bird family
noun · 78% connection
a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Brachypteres
n.pl. · 78% connection
A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Brevipennate
adjective · 78% connection
Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Dodo
noun · 78% connection
A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Emu wren
unknown · 78% connection
A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Endysis
noun · 78% connection
The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Escaloped
adjective · 78% connection
Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Euornithes
n. pl. · 78% connection
The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Euplexoptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up bene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Exfoliate
verb · 78% connection
To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Exoskeleton
noun · 78% connection
The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Feathered
imp. & p. p. · 78% connection
of Feather
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Feathery
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Ganoidei
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Imbricated
adjective · 78% connection
Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
Impennes
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: characterized, short, wings, covered, feathers.
