FEATHERS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FEATHERS?

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Associations of "Feathers" (30 Words)

antelope	Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks.
avian	Pertaining to or characteristic of birds. Avian tuberculosis.
bird	A bird that is hunted for sport or used for food. She s a sharp old bird.
chick	Young bird especially of domestic fowl. The cattle egrets hatched and reared two chicks.
creamy	Containing a lot of cream. A thick creamy dressing.
feathery	Adorned with feathers or plumes. Feathery palm trees.
fledge	(of a young bird) develop wing feathers that are large enough for flight. They fledged twenty four chicks in fourteen months.
fleece	A representation of a fleece suspended from a ring. The sky was half blue half fleeced with white clouds.
fluffy	Of, like, or covered with fluff. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
giraffe	Tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa.
lamb	Give birth to a lamb. The ewe lambed.
leopard	The leopard as a heraldic device. A leopard print outfit.
mucus	Protective secretion of the mucus membranes in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithe.
nestling	Young bird not yet fledged. Buntings their throats bulging with food for hungry nestlings.
ostrich	A person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand. Don t be an ostrich when it comes to security systems.
pinion	Cut off the pinion of a wing or bird to prevent flight. I struggled to rise but my arms were pinioned.
plumage	A bird’s feathers collectively. The male in full breeding plumage.
plume	Form a plume. A plume of smoke.
preen	(of a bird) tidy and clean its feathers with its beak. Adolescents preening in their bedroom mirrors.
quill	The hollow shaft of a feather, especially the lower part or calamus that lacks barbs. He leant over his writing desk quill in hand.
sheep	A domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. It is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock. His students followed him like sheep.
slimy	Covered by or resembling slime. A slimy cigar puffing political fixer.
slippery	(of a surface or object) difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy. Her hand was slippery with sweat.
spotted	Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture. A black and white spotted cow.
texture	Give something a rough or uneven texture. The artist textures the paper with scalpel blades.
translucent	Allowing light to pass through diffusely. Translucent amber.
velvety	Smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste. Soup with a velvety texture.
viscid	Having a glutinous or sticky consistency. The viscid mucus lining of the intestine.
wool	Yarn or textile fibre made from wool. Beaver wool.
zebra	A silvery-gold sea bream with vertical black stripes.