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Plumage

The entire clothing of a bird.

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Aftershaft 76% connected

The hypoptilum.

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Alula 76% connected

A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Hackle 76% connected

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

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Marabou 76% connected

A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia), esp. the African species (L. crumenifer), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The As…

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Pinion 76% connected

A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

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Quill 76% connected

One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

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Scapular 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.

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Plume 74% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Plume 74% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Preen 74% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Preen 74% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Containing whole 1

Bird 70% connected

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Component part 5

Calamus 70% connected

The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

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Quill 70% connected

One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.

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Shaft 70% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Vane 70% connected

A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of…

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Web 70% connected

A weaver.

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Keratin 70% connected

A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis of epidermal ti…

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Melanin 70% connected

A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer…

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Synonym 1

Plume 92% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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