feather
- n the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- n turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
- v join tongue and groove, in carpentry
- v cover or fit with feathers
- v turn the paddle; in canoeing
- v turn the oar, while rowing
- v grow feathers
feather ball
- n a low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
feather geranium
- n Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America
feather star
- n free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms