Soft, fine feather, sometimes under larger feathers
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Powder down is a specialized type of down found only in a few groups of birds. Down is a fine thermal insulator and padding, used in goods such as jackets, bedding (duvets and featherbeds), pillows and sleeping bags. The discovery of feathers trapped in ancient amber suggests that some species of non-avian dinosaur likely possessed down-like feathers.
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Powder down is a specialized...
of feather: vaned feathers which cover the exterior of the body, and downfeathers which are underneath the vaned feathers. The pennaceous feathers are...
takes place Downfeather, a soft bird feather used in bedding and clothing Downland, a type of hill Down may also refer to: County Down, Northern Ireland...
been suggested that feathers had originally functioned as thermal insulation, as it remains their function in the downfeathers of infant birds and bytoday...
a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with either down, feathers, wool, cotton, silk, or a synthetic alternative, and is typically protected...
Institute, originally known as the International Down and Feather Testing Laboratory, is a down and feather testing laboratory located in Salt Lake City,...
there are six different types of feathers: contour, flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and bristle feathers. Feathers were not originally meant for flight...
with either duck or goose feathers. Air pockets created by the bulk of the feathers allow for the retention of warm air. Down is favored among hikers and...
pennaceous feather is a type of feather present in most modern birds and in some other species of maniraptoriform dinosaurs. A pennaceous feather has a stalk...
initial US$100 price, it was touted as having extremely high-quality downfeather filling and sold at least 10,000 units, significantly increasing Orolay's...
branching downfeathers. These may be homologous to the downfeathers found on both avian and some non-avian dinosaurs, suggesting that early feathers evolved...
goose that humans have domesticated and kept for their meat, eggs, or downfeathers. Domestic geese have been derived through selective breeding from the...
actively. down Also, downfeathers or plumulaceous feathers. The down of birds—their plumulaceous feathers, as opposed to pennaceous feathers—are a layer...
most recent [whrn?] television commercial features the Backstreet Boys. Downfeather Downey "P&G fabric softener brand 'Lenor' entered the market in China"...
The white feather is a widely recognised propaganda symbol. It has, among other things, represented cowardice or conscientious pacifism; as in A. E. W...
their body. The downfeathers are small and hairlike at the base of each flight feather. The legs and feet are thin and lack feathers, and are vulnerable...
to: The downfeathers of the eider duck Eiderdown (bedding), a duvet or comforter (a kind of quilt), traditionally containing eider duck down This disambiguation...
mattress, with material such as straw, chaff, horsehair, coarse wool or downfeathers,: 674–5 vol1 and less commonly, leaves, grass, reeds, bracken, or seaweed...
tend to drop straight down on a clear shot, plastics never quite return to a straight drop, falling more on a diagonal. Feather shuttles may come off...
Rock. Natal down color is not related to feathering speed, but in chickens of full-black adult plumage, chicks normally have shorter natal down than those...
such as PrimaLoft are used for thermal insulation as a replacement for downfeather insulation in sleeping bags and outdoor equipment, because of their better...
species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The downfeathers of eider ducks and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows...