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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

beak to position feathers, interlock feather barbules that have become separated, clean plumage, and keep ectoparasites in check. Feathers contribute significantly...

polymer on one side. Steve Williams began the championship with regular down feather pillows weighing 3.5 lb (1.6 kg), though found that fighters struggled...

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...

down feathers and fleece. The air-trapping property is also the insulation principle employed by homeothermic animals to stay warm, for example down feathers...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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

without having to tilt their heads back. Pigeons primarily use powder down feathers for preening, which gives a soft and silky feel to their plumage. They...

complete molt, except for the retention in some individuals of a few down feathers under the wing. Appearance in autumn and winter of the first basic plumage...

makes it more durable and hinders the stuffing (straw, chaff, hair, down feathers, etc.) from poking through the fabric. To make it even tighter, ticking...

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...

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...