Definition of "feathers" []

• Plural form of feather. (noun)

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• "_Pin feathers_ are small unformed feathers that do not pull out with the larger ones."
• "The feathers of the African species, however, are far less beautiful and valuable than those from the tail of the adjutant; and it is these last that are really best known as _marabout feathers_, in consequence of the mistake made by"
• "The naked vulture neck with its pouch-like appendage of brick-red hue; the silken feathers of bluish white under the tail -- those precious plumes well-known and worn by the ladies of many lands under the appellation of _marabout feathers_ -- all were recognised at a glance."