feather synonyms

feather

n.

quill, plume, plumage, shaft, down, fin, wing, calamus, tuft, crest, fringe, plumule, spike, pompon.

Types of feathers include: wing, powder-down, dust, pulviplume, tail, rudder, rectrix, covert, tail covert, flight, rowing, remex, half-feather, semi-plume, metallic, metallic scale, down, duck, contour, pinfeather, ungrown, auricular, filoplume.

in fine<strong> or </strong>high<strong> or </strong>good feather

well, in good humor, in good health, in good form; see happy 1, healthy 1, well 1.

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