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DOWN FEATHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does down feather mean?
• DOWN FEATHER (noun)
The noun DOWN FEATHER has 1 sense:
1. soft fine feathers
Familiarity information: DOWN FEATHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Soft fine feathers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
down; down feather
Hypernyms ("down feather" is a kind of...):
feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "down feather"):
duck down (down of the duck)
goose down (down of the goose)
swan's down (down of the swan)
plumule (down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds)
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