Feather (disambiguation)
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Feathers are epidermal growths which form an outer covering on birds and some dinosaurs.
Feather may also refer to:
Organizations
- Feathers of Knysna, a woodworking producer in South Africa
Science and technology
- Feather, an incision in diamonds affecting diamond clarity
- The industry term for the microscopic teeth on a knife
- The NATO reporting name of the Yakovlev Yak-17 fighter aircraft
- The minimum drag position of a rowing oar or an aircraft propeller, see feathering
- The transitioning wing system designed for Burt Rutan's spacecraft.
Medicine and biology
- Feathered dinosaurs, dinosaurs that had feathers, probably the ancestors of birds
- Feathering (horse), properly called "Feather" on some breeds, long hair growing over the lower leg and fetlocks of horses
Art, culture and entertainment
- Feather (step), a dance step in Foxtrot
- Feathered hair, a hairstyle which was a fashion in the 1970s
- Feathers (Australian band), a four-piece band
- Feathers (American band), an electronic music band
- The Featherz, a Welsh/English alternative rock band
- Feathers aka Turquoise, a folk music/mime trio formed by David Bowie in late 1968
- Feathers (film), a 1987 Australian film
- feather (album), a 2003 album by Misako Odani
- Feathers (album), a 2005 album by Dead Meadow
- Feathers (novel), a 2007 children's novel by Jacqueline Woodson
- Feathers (play)
- "Feathers", a character from the 1959 film Rio Bravo
- "Feathers", a 2008 single by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria
- Feather, a magical effect in the computer game series The Elder Scrolls
People
- Vic Feather (1908–1976), former General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress in Great Britain, 1969–1973
- Leonard Feather (1914–1994), jazz writer and producer
- Lorraine Feather (born 1948), lyricist/songwriter, and the daughter of Leonard Feather
See also
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