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Significados de feathers em inglês

The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds.

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Examples for "plume"
Examples for "plume"
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However, there is still debate about whether the inferred plume actually exists.
Wired
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The breeze catches the plume in his hat and flutters it smartly.
A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky
3
In the distance, a plume of dust was billowing off the road.
Any Coincidence Is / Or, The Day Julia & Cecil the Cat Faced a F...
4
The Captain had a sword and a white plume in his shako.
The Emerald City of Oz
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From somewhere in the city a black plume of smoke was rising.
Planet of the Damned
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A second experiment investigated the predictive relationship between feather-eating and plumage damage.
Pubmed
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Handsome in the glistening summer sun sat the bird of rainbow plumage.
Old Indian Legends
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Birds of beautiful plumage inhabited the groves, and sported in the waters.
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
4
One example described was castrated in full winter plumage in December 1906.
Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
5
There is one specimen, a male in full plumage, in the Museum.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...
Uso de feathers em inglês
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Lord Maccon and the squire were clearly birds of entirely different feathers.
Soulless
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Many fine folk were spitting feathers at Saturday's result, writes Killian Doyle.
The Irish Times
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But he observed: Current uses of feathers typically involve the same species.
BBC
4
The swan feathers were still in her box; I had recently looked.
Helen of troy
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And meanwhile the lady of the feathers was seen nightly in Piccadilly.
Flames
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The most elegant stuffs became the substance of his garments; feathers reappeared.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5
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The old man looked in and saw the charred chicken and feathers.
Filipino Popular Tales
8
Their feathers alone cost as much as five or six thousand dollars.
The new yorker
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A few feathers in the bottom will make it soft and comfortable.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
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There are enough feathers and netting in the house to finish it.
Hawaiian Folk Tales / A Collection of Native Legends
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The feathers sought were those of the Labrador Duck and the Eider.
The Bird Study Book
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Nonka ruffles some feathers in pursuit of the truth behind Nsizwa's accident.
The South African
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And then she pinched it in the neck, and smoothed its feathers.
The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
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The end of the tail feathers is also of the same colour.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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The pillows were of the finest feathers from the breasts of ducks.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
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Evidence continues to accumulate that feathers evolved for purposes unrelated to flight.
Wired
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