| 单词 | saddle feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaddle feather saddle feather n. a saddle hackle feather. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > feather hackle1496 heckle?a1500 sickle-feather1688 saddle feather1854 saddle hackle1854 sickle1882 1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 128 The hackle and saddle feathers are straw colour. 1946 A. R. Winter & E. M. Funk Poultry Sci. & Pract. (ed. 2) iii. 55 Castrated males grow longer neck, saddle, and tail feathers than do cockerels. 1990 Fly Fisherman Dec. 59/1 Through selective breeding hen saddle feathers have become more useful for upright and spent dry-fly wings. < as lemmas |
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