sickle feather
- noun
- /ˈsɪkəl ˈfɛðər/
:
pluma de hoz
- The rooster's sickle feathers gleamed in the sunlight as he strutted across the yard.
Examples
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Poultry judges pay special attention to the curve and color of a bird's sickle feathers.
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The rooster displayed its beautiful sickle feather proudly.
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He collected sickle feathers from the barn to use in his crafts.
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Many sickle feathers are vibrant in color.
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The rooster's sickle feathers gleamed in the sunlight as he strutted across the yard.
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Poultry judges pay special attention to the curve and color of a bird's sickle feathers.
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Many sickle feathers are vibrant in color and can vary in shape.
Synonyms
4
2.4
A feather that grows on a bird's tail
A long stiff part of a bird's wing once used for writing
How Long
4
2.4
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense of a feather shaped like a sickle — long and curved — is directly derivable from combining 'sickle' (a curved blade) with 'feather' (a bird plume). This is a simple descriptive compound that follows transparent shape+object composition and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words, despite being somewhat specialized vocabulary.
Etymology
Sickle feather comes from the curved shape of a rooster's long feather, which looks like a farmer's sickle, a curved farm tool. That's why it means one of the long, showy 'tail' feathers that bend like a sickle.