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Plumicorn :: Plumicorn (n.) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls..

Fledge :: Fledge (v. t. & i.) To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

Flag :: Flag (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

Plumulose :: Plumulose (a.) Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather..

Supra-auricular :: Supra-auricular (a.) Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of birds..

Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Feather-head :: Feather-head (n.) A frivolous or featherbrained person.

Flabellum :: Flabellum (n.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers..

Feather-foil :: Feather-foil (n.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves..

Feather-headed :: Feather-headed (a.) Giddy; frivolous; foolish.

Quill :: Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill..

Wedge-tailed :: Wedge-tailed (a.) Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood..

Starting :: Starthroat (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

Gymnorhinal :: Gymnorhinal (a.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds..

Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..

Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A vertical water space in a fire box or combustion chamber.

Feathering :: Feathering (n.) Same as Foliation.

Feather-heeled :: Feather-heeled (a.) Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome.

Obumbrant :: Obumbrant (a.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers..

Alunogen :: Alunogen (n.) A white fibrous mineral frequently found on the walls of mines and quarries, chiefly hydrous sulphate of alumina; -- also called feather alum, and hair salt..

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