Term Name: | down feather |
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Synonyms: | body down feather, downy feather, natal down feather, plumaceous feather, plumulaceous feather, powder down feather |
Definition: | A feather lacking a vane and having a rudimentary rachis and a tuft of non-interlocked barbs with elongated barbules extending from the calamus |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0008291] |