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Meanings of soft downy in English

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Usage of soft downy in English
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Like the beaver, it is furnished with an undercoat of soft downy fur.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
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Hens were brooding over her feet; geese stretched their soft downy necks over her legs.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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The membrane-thin bone was dusted with soft downy hair.
Bones Are Forever
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Is it soft downy feathers that take this rich metallic glow, changing their hue with every rapid turn?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 / A Magazine...
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House-martins ate distinguished from that congeners by having that legs coveted with soft downy feathers down to their toes.
The Natural History of Selborne
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It was one of the soft downy ones that grew at the very top of Granpa Chook's scrawny legs.
The power of one
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The nests are loose dense masses of soft downy fur or feathers, with more or less moss, according to the situation.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
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The bold leaves are a dark green, shading to a bronze, then a purple, the whole having a soft downy effect.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers / Describing the Most...
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"You are right," said Vértessy, squeezing the soft downy hand whose steel-like muscles did not betray the woman, "you must hasten.
The Day of Wrath
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