sickle feather

noun

one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.

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Origin of sickle feather

First recorded in 1680–90

Words nearby sickle feather

sickle cell hemoglobin, sickle cell retinopathy, sickle cell syndrome, sickle cell trait, sickle cell-thalassemia disease, sickle feather, sickle medick, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell test, sickle-hocked, sicklebill

British Dictionary definitions for sickle feather

sickle feather

noun

(often plural) any of the elongated tail feathers of certain birds, esp the domestic cock

Word Origin for sickle feather

C17: so called because of its shape

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