DOWN FEATHER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Soft fine feathers

Synonyms:

down; down feather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("down feather" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "down feather"):

duck down (down of the duck)

goose down (down of the goose)

swan's down (down of the swan)

plumule (down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds)