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SICKLE FEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sickle feather mean?
• SICKLE FEATHER (noun)
The noun SICKLE FEATHER has 1 sense:
1. one of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
Familiarity information: SICKLE FEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sickle feather" is a kind of...):
tail feather (feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird)
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