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integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty. They are among the characteristics that distinguish...
Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the wings or tail of a bird;...
Kukulkan among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz and Tohil among the K'iche' Maya. The double symbolism used by the Feathered Serpent is considered allegoric...
Shuttlecock (section Feather or synthetic shuttlecocks)feather shuttlecocks of the highest quality. The playing characteristics of plastics and feathers are substantially different. Plastics fly more slowly on...
needed] Examples of secondary sex characteristics in non-human animals include manes of male lions and long feathers of male peafowl, the tusks of male...
Peafowl (redirect from Peacock feather)the feathers, produce the peacock's colours. 2D photonic-crystal structures within the layers of the barbules cause the colouration of their feathers. Slight...
Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) is a viral disease affecting all Old World and New World parrots. The causative virus—beak and feather disease virus...- Avifilopluma (category Feathers)unique physical characteristic shared by one group and not found outside that group (in this case, feathers). Its content is unclear, and has been speculated...
caruncles are erectile tissue and may or may not have a feather covering. Wattles are often such a striking morphological characteristic of animals that they feature...
Quill (redirect from Feather pen)A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink...
Crinoid (redirect from Feather star)form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms, called feather stars or comatulids, are members of the largest crinoid order, Comatulida...
Archaeopteryx (category Feathered dinosaurs)ἀρχαῖος (archaīos), meaning "ancient", and πτέρυξ (ptéryx), meaning "feather" or "wing". Between the late 19th century and the early 21st century, Archaeopteryx...
Coelurosauria (section Nervous system and senses)coelurosaurs, feathers or feather-like structures are also known in some ornithischian dinosaurs (like Tianyulong and Kulindadromeus), and in pterosaurs. Though...
Glossary of bird terms (redirect from Axillary feathers)integumentary structures found in vertebrates, and, indeed, a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty. Feathers are among the characteristics that distinguish...
Serama (section Feathers and colour)and tail. The sickle feathers are relatively straight and spear like. A minimum of one inch longer than the other tail feathers, but ideally no more than...- Specimens of Archaeopteryx (redirect from Feather of Archaeopteryx)birds. Over the years, twelve body fossil specimens of Archaeopteryx and a feather that may belong to it have been found, although the Haarlem specimen...
Orpington chicken (section Characteristics)stance, with fluffed-out feathers which make it look large; the down from the body covers most of the legs. Other characteristics of their Orpingtons are...
Owl (section Flight and feathers)solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted...- Origin of birds (redirect from Origin of feathers)Archaeopteryx had the brain structures and inner-ear balance sensors that birds use to control their flight. Archaeopteryx also had a wing feather arrangement like...
Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds...
- Popular Science Monthly Volume 15 July 1879 (1879) Pleased with a Feather by Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen 618990Popular Science Monthly Volume 15 July
- everything from bristles and fuzz to full-flight feathers—which document the evolution of plumage from fluff to aerodynamic structures that allowed dinosaurs
- live birds. Two unique characteristics, or synapomorphies: Hair Mammary glands (don’t fossilize well) Three skeletal characteristics (fossilize) Lower jaw