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Filoplume :: Filoplume (n.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.

Hieroglyphic :: Hieroglyphic (a.) A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a s

Titillate :: Titillate (v. t. & i.) To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather..

Turacoverdin :: Turacoverdin (n.) A green pigment found in the feathers of the turacou. See Turacin.

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

Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.

Feathered :: Feathered (imp. & p. p.) of Feathe.

White-eye :: White-eye (n.) Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit..

Dustbrush :: Dustbrush (n.) A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture..

Kingbird :: Kingbird (n.) A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head and tail. The quills and wing coverts are whitish at the edges. It is white beneath, with a white terminal band on the tail. The feathers on the head of the adults show

Midfeather :: Midfeather (n.) A support for the center of a tunnel.

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

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

Penniform :: Penniform (a.) Having the form of a feather or plume.

Pennigerous :: Pennigerous (a.) Bearing feathers or quills.

Primary :: Primary (n.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird..

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

Beard :: Beard (n.) The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some bird.

Uropygium :: Uropygium (n.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose..

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