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Emu Wren :: Emu wren () A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers..

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

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

Fluff :: Fluff (n.) Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers..

Rough-legged :: Rough-legged (a.) Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.

Feather :: Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species..

Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve..

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

Eared :: Eared (a.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears.

Partlet :: Partlet (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.

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

Grail :: Grail (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk.

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

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

Puff-leg :: Puff-leg (n.) Any one of numerous species of beautiful humming birds of the genus Eriocnemis having large tufts of downy feathers on the legs.

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..

Pluma :: Pluma (n.) A feather.

Egret :: Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle..

Floccus :: Floccus (n.) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

Ptarmigan :: Ptarmigan (n.) Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter..

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