tail-feather

C1 Topic:Animals
US /ˈteɪlˌfɛðər/ UK /ˈteɪlˌfɛðə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    one of the feathers in a bird's tail

    The peacock raised each tail-feather into the display.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · one of the feathers in a... tail feather
Word family
Forms tail-feathers
Related forms tailfeatherbird

Etymology

Compound of tail + feather.

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