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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 1680ā90
Words nearby sickle feather
sicklebill, sickle cell, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell trait, sickle feather, sickle-hocked, sickle medick, sick list, sickly, sickness
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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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