feminan.

Brit.

/ˈfɛmɪnə/, U.S.

/ˈfɛmɪnə/, South African English

/ˈfemɪnə/

Inflections: Plural feminas, femina.

Forms: 1800s–1900s femmina, 1800s– femina, 1900s famine.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian femmina.

Etymology: < Italian femmina (1834 or earlier designating a type of feather from a female ostrich), specific use of femmina female, woman < classical Latin fēmina (see female n.). Compare spadona n.

Originally South African.

Usually in plural. The long pale feathers from the wing tips of a female ostrich, used as decorative plumes, esp. (formerly) on ladies' hats.

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femina1875

spadona1881

1875 All Year Round 28 Aug. 518/1 An assorted case may contain fifty bundles of white feathers..and perhaps two hundred bundles of the qualities and shades known as Femina, Byocks, Spadona, Boos, and drab, together with the beautifully rich and silky black.

1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming S. Afr. xiii. 84 To show all the whites together, and then the feminas.

1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony xi. 235 White and Light Femina were very firm. Dark Femina, 5s. and 10s. per lb. higher.

1930 M. F. Wormser Ostrich Industry 11 The primes or whites of the cock are of a superior quality to the feminas of the hen, the latter not being a pure white and often fringed with grey.

1999 J. Sales in D. C. Deeling Ostrich 237 The primaries are attached to the finger bones of the wings and the secondaries are attached to the ulna. These (about 24) feathers on the first row of each wing are called whites in the male and feminas in the female.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	femina
释义	feminan. Brit. /ˈfɛmɪnə/, U.S. /ˈfɛmɪnə/, South African English /ˈfemɪnə/ Inflections: Plural feminas, femina. Forms: 1800s–1900s femmina, 1800s– femina, 1900s famine. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian femmina. Etymology: < Italian femmina (1834 or earlier designating a type of feather from a female ostrich), specific use of femmina female, woman < classical Latin fēmina (see female n.). Compare spadona n. Originally South African. Usually in plural. The long pale feathers from the wing tips of a female ostrich, used as decorative plumes, esp. (formerly) on ladies' hats. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > member of Struthioniformes (ostrich) > part of ostrich feathera1400 femina1875 spadona1881 1875 All Year Round 28 Aug. 518/1 An assorted case may contain fifty bundles of white feathers..and perhaps two hundred bundles of the qualities and shades known as Femina, Byocks, Spadona, Boos, and drab, together with the beautifully rich and silky black. 1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming S. Afr. xiii. 84 To show all the whites together, and then the feminas. 1896 R. Wallace Farming Industries Cape Colony xi. 235 White and Light Femina were very firm. Dark Femina, 5s. and 10s. per lb. higher. 1930 M. F. Wormser Ostrich Industry 11 The primes or whites of the cock are of a superior quality to the feminas of the hen, the latter not being a pure white and often fringed with grey. 1999 J. Sales in D. C. Deeling Ostrich 237 The primaries are attached to the finger bones of the wings and the secondaries are attached to the ulna. These (about 24) feathers on the first row of each wing are called whites in the male and feminas in the female. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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