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Hackle :: Hackle (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers..

Zoomelanin :: Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc..

Moult :: Moult (v. t.) To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed..

Tread :: Tread (v. t.) To copulate with; to feather; to cover; -- said of the male bird.

Tertiary :: Tertiary (n.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Ostrich :: Ostrich (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high..

Feather :: Feather (v. t.) To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap..

Remiges :: Remiges (n. pl.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Stem :: Stem (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.

Aigrette :: Aigrette (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle..

Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis..

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t..

Plumous :: Plumous (a.) Having feathers or plumes.

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

Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..

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

Zooerythrine :: Zooerythrine (n.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.

Eye :: Eye (n.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock..

Unfeather :: Unfeather (v. t.) To deprive of feathers; to strip.

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