CONTOUR FEATHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contour feather mean? 

• CONTOUR FEATHER (noun)
  The noun CONTOUR FEATHER has 1 sense:

1. feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape

  Familiarity information: CONTOUR FEATHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTOUR FEATHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("contour feather" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)