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:

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

Music

• Feather (step), a dance step in Foxtrot
• 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
• feather (album), a 2003 album by Misako Odani
• Feathers (Dead Meadow album), 2005
• Feathers (Buckethead album)
• "Feathers", a 2008 single by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria
• The Feather (award), an award within the Dutch music industry

Film, theater and television

• Feathers (film), a 1987 Australian film
• Feathers (play), a play by Eliza Power
• "Feathers", a character from the 1959 film Rio Bravo
• The Feather, a 1929 British romantic drama film
• "The Feather", an episode of Touched by an Angel

Literature

• Feathers (novel), a 2007 children's novel by Jacqueline Woodson
• Feathers (book), a 2011 non-fiction book by conservation biologist Thor Hanson

Culture

• Feathered hair, a hairstyle which was a fashion in the 1970s
• 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

• Feathering (disambiguation)