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

Pennage :: Pennage (n.) Feathery covering; plumage.

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

Pinfeathered :: Pinfeathered (a.) Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed..

Plumule :: Plumule (n.) A down feather.

Erectable :: Erectable (a.) Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather..

Crest :: Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet..

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..

Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding.

Horn :: Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout..

Vibrissa :: Vibrissa (n.) The bristlelike feathers near the mouth of many birds.

Pennach :: Pennach (n.) A bunch of feathers; a plume.

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..

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

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

Supraloral :: Supraloral (a.) Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird..

Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..

Spall :: Spall (n.) A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge..

Argus :: Argus (n.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.

Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) 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 moderately short..

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