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Archaeopteryx
noun · 78% connection
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Curtail dog
unknown · 78% connection
A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut sho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Dock
noun · 78% connection
The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cut…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, 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: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Feather
verb · 78% connection
To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Feathered
adjective · 78% connection
Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, 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: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Fledge
v. t. & i. · 78% connection
To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
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: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
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: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lacrosse
noun · 78% connection
A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lion
noun · 78% connection
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Long
adjective · 78% connection
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Long-lived
adjective · 78% connection
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Lyrated
adjective · 78% connection
Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
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: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Motmot
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak. In most of the species…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
Muskrat
noun · 78% connection
A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, spatulate, racket-shaped, tail, feathers.
