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sickle feather

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun sickle feather has 1 sense
  1. sickle feather - one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
    --1 is a kind of
    tail feather

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Sickle Feather

Description:

A sickle feather refers to a feather on a bird's wing or tail that has a distinctive curved or crescent shape, resembling the blade of a sickle.

Sample Sentences:

  • The male peacock proudly displayed its long, iridescent sickle feathers during courtship.
  • As the eagle soared through the sky, its sickle feather glistened in the sunlight.
  • The sickle feathers of the peregrine falcon enable it to achieve incredible speeds during its hunting dives.
  • During molting season, birds often shed their old sickle feathers and grow new ones.

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