HyperDic: tail_feather

English > 1 sense of the expression *tail feather*:
NOUN	animal	tail feather	feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird

English > *tail feather*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird.
Narrower	sickle feather	One of the long curved tail feathers of a rooster
Broader	flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather	Any of the larger / larger wing or tail feathers of a bird