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Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf..

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

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..

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

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

Water Feather-foil :: Water feather-foil () The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata..

Endysis :: Endysis (n.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis..

Featherless :: Featherless (a.) Destitute of feathers.

Torques :: Torques (n.) A cervical ring of hair or feathers, distinguished by its color or structure; a collar..

Graduated :: Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer..

Isopogonous :: Isopogonous (a.) Having the two webs equal in breath; -- said of feathers.

Indument :: Indument (n.) Plumage; feathers.

Calumet :: Calumet (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers..

Apteria :: Apteria (n. pl.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.

Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves..

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

Feathered :: Feathered (a.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft..

Orbitary :: Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird..

Mew :: Mew (v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance..

Panache :: Panache (n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers..

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