🔄 Synonyms of "Feathering"
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| Word | Definition |
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| feathernoun | A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Feathering"
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| propellernoun | A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat. |
| propellersnoun | A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat. |
| plumagenoun | (ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering. |
| plumenoun | The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow. |
| plumulenoun | (zoology) A down feather. |
| basic plumagenoun | The plumage of a bird following its first moult (or the first of a year) |
| plumanoun | (zoology, archaic) A feather. |
| flight feathernoun | (ornithology) Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird. |
| alternate plumagenoun | The plumage that some birds adopt for courtship and breeding |
| pinfeathernoun | A developing feather as it emerges through the skin. |
| featherletnoun | A little feather. |
| down feathernoun | A feather of the down of a bird. |
| cockfeathernoun | Tailfeather of a cock. |
| plumipednoun | (zoology) Having feet covered with feathers. |
| afterfeathernoun | (ornithology) The downy lower barbs of a feather. |
| semiplumenoun | (zoology) A feather which has a downy vane and a long rachis, often used for insulation. |
| quill feathernoun | Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird; sometimes termed a flight feather. |
| pterolysisnoun | The arrangement of different feathers in different parts of a bird |
| ptiloerectionnoun | (ornithology) Fluffing up of feathers or down so that birds can control heat. |
| plumicornnoun | (zoology, rare) An ear tuft of feathers, as in the horned owls. |
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