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Pterylography :: Pterylography (n.) The study or description of the arrangement of feathers, or of the pterylae, of birds..

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.

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

Rough-footed :: Rough-footed (a.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove..

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

Feather :: Feather (n.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline..

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

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..

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

Vermiculation :: Vermiculation (n.) A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds..

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

Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called also beam feather.

Barbule :: Barbule (n.) One of the processes along the edges of the barbs of a feather, by which adjacent barbs interlock. See Feather..

Crested :: Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.

Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..

Stovehouse :: Stove (v. t.) To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers..

Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A feather; a quill.

Armilla :: Armilla (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

Auriculars :: Auriculars (n. pl.) A circle of feathers surrounding the opening of the ear of birds.

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..

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