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单词 pinfeather
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pinfeather

[ pin-feth-er ]
/ ˈpɪnˌfɛð ər /

noun Ornithology.

an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
a feather just coming through the skin.

Origin of pinfeather

First recorded in 1765–75; pin + feather

Words nearby pinfeather

pine warbler, pinewood, piney, pin-eyed, pinfall, pinfeather, pinfire, pinfish, pinfold, ping, pinger
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Example sentences from the Web for pinfeather

  • The Indian is kept poor all the year round and plucked of every pinfeather.

    My Native Land|James Cox

British Dictionary definitions for pinfeather

pinfeather
/ (ˈpɪnˌfɛðə) /

noun

ornithol a feather emerging from the skin and still enclosed in its horny sheath
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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