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Feathers are
epidermal growths that form a
distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both
avian (bird) and some non-avian
dinosaurs and
other archosaurs...
- equivalent. The down
feather is
considered to be the most "straightforward" of all
feather types. It has a
short or
vestigial rachis (shaft),
few barbs, and barbules...
- The
white feather is a
widely recognised propaganda symbol. It has,
among other things,
represented cowardice or
conscientious pacifism; as in A. E. W...
- form are
commonly called sea lilies,
while the
unstalked forms,
called feather stars or comatulids, are
members of the
largest crinoid order, Comatulida...
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dealt with the
Weighing of the
Heart that took
place in the Duat. Her
feather was the
measure that
determined whether the
souls (considered to reside...
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Tarring and
feathering is a form of
public torture where a
victim is
stripped naked, or
stripped to the waist,
while wood tar (sometimes hot) is either...
- A
quill is a
writing tool made from a
moulted flight feather (preferably a
primary wing-
feather) of a
large bird.
Quills were used for
writing with ink...
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Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff,
asymmetrically shaped, but
symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the
wings or tail of a bird;...
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feather to the body and is
moved by
attached dermal muscles.
There are many
different types of
feathers that
mostly follow this
basic design with
few...
- Dela****-
feathering in
chickens is a
genetically determined delay in the
first w****s of
feather growing,
which occurs normally among the
chicks of many...
