The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Powder down is a specialized...

of feather: vaned feathers which cover the exterior of the body, and down feathers which are underneath the vaned feathers. The pennaceous feathers are...

pennaceous feather is a type of feather present in most modern birds and in some other species of maniraptoriform dinosaurs. A pennaceous feather has a stalk...

takes place Down feather, a soft bird feather used in bedding and clothing Downland, a type of hill Down may also refer to: County Down, Northern Ireland...

with either duck or goose feathers. Air pockets created by the bulk of the feathers allow for the retention of warm air. Down is favored among hikers and...

been suggested that feathers had originally functioned as thermal insulation, as it remains their function in the down feathers of infant birds prior...

a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with either down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is typically protected...

Feather-plucking, sometimes termed feather-picking, feather damaging behaviour or pterotillomania, is a maladaptive, behavioural disorder commonly seen...

there are six different types of feathers: contour, flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and bristle feathers. Feathers were not originally meant for flight...

International Down and Feather Testing Laboratory, is a facility based in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializing in testing down and feathers. It tests filled...

of down feather trimming. Although it takes its name from the marabou stork whose undertail down once provided the feathers, white turkey feathers have...

Parotsokitapitsi, an unknown bird species, to take revenge on the Sky-Down-feather-Brothers for killing his grandson. This myth also involves Coyote discovering...

initial US$100 price, it was touted as having extremely high-quality down feather filling and sold at least 10,000 units, significantly increasing Orolay's...

Scream (2015), Alex Portnoy in the Hulu series Light as a Feather (2018–2019), Alexa in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), and Margot in I Know What You Did Last...

The white feather is a widely recognised propaganda symbol. It has, among other things, represented cowardice or conscientious pacifism; as in A. E. W...

branching down feathers. These may be homologous to the down feathers found on both avian and some non-avian dinosaurs, suggesting that early feathers evolved...

goose that humans have domesticated and kept for their meat, eggs, or down feathers, or as companion animals. Domestic geese have been derived through selective...

Its most recent television commercial features the Backstreet Boys. Down feather Downey "P&G fabric softener brand 'Lenor' entered the market in China"...

actively. down Also, down feathers or plumulaceous feathers. The down of birds—their plumulaceous feathers, as opposed to pennaceous feathers—are a layer...

mattress, with material such as straw, chaff, horsehair, coarse wool or down feathers,: 674–5 vol1  and less commonly, leaves, grass, reeds, bracken, or seaweed...

species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The down feathers of eider ducks and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows...

to: The down feathers of the eider duck Eiderdown (bedding), a duvet or comforter (a kind of quilt), traditionally containing eider duck down This disambiguation...

is known as Trabollen. The balls are rolled down a trough shaped dirt or synthetic alley towards a feather that sticks out at a spot located approximately...

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014...

form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms, called feather stars or comatulids, are members of the largest crinoid order, Comatulida...

have modified feathers called "fat quills". These feathers contain yellow, oil-like fat that derives from the same cells as powder down. This is used...

"Feather" is a song by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from Emails I Can't Send Fwd:, the 2023 deluxe edition of her fifth studio album, Emails I Can't...

their body. The down feathers are small and hairlike at the base of each flight feather. The legs and feet are thin and lack feathers, and are vulnerable...

Tarring and feathering is a form of public torture where a victim is stripped naked, or stripped to the waist, while wood tar (sometimes hot) is either...

materials for warmth, traditionally down or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and other down alternative fibers. Like quilts, comforters...