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Covert
adjective · 78% connection
One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
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: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
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: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
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: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Feather
noun · 78% connection
One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Feathered
adjective · 78% connection
Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
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: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Hawk
noun · 78% connection
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the promi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Hippopotamus
noun · 78% connection
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Horn
noun · 78% connection
Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Impennate
adjective · 78% connection
Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
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: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Jacobin
noun · 78% connection
A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderatel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Kagu
noun · 78% connection
A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Kingbird
noun · 78% connection
A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Longipennate
adjective · 78% connection
Having long wings, or quills.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Lyre bird
unknown · 78% connection
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers v…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
Mallophaga
n. pl. · 78% connection
An extensive group of insects which are parasitic on birds and mammals, and feed on the feathers and hair; -- called also bird lice. S…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bird, order, impennes, ptilopteri, covered.
