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Definition: Tail Feather |
Tail FeatherNoun1. Feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Tail Feather |
| English words defined with "tail feather": To show the white feather. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tail feather": Gueux ♦ QUILL-BUNCHER-AND-SORTER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tail feather": Ptilocerque. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Yeah yeah yeah shake a tail feather baby ("HARLEM SHUFFLE"; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
shake a tail feather | 171 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tail feather"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Schwanzfeder. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailtay eatherfay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-i-l-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: aliterate, heartfelt, retaliate. | |
-3 letters: featlier, feterita, filtrate, hatteria, laterite, literate. | |
-4 letters: arietta, ariette, atelier, athlete, fattier, feather, fertile, filaree, flatter, flitter, haltere, heftier, hetaera, hetaira, iterate, lathier, leafier, leather, ratafee, rattail, reflate, retitle, terefah, tertial, theater, theatre, thereat, trehala. | |
-5 letters: aerate, aerial, aether, afreet, althea, atrial, attire, either, elater, faerie, falter, father, fatter, feater, feriae, ferial, ferlie, fetial, fetter, fettle, filter, fitter, hafter, hailer, halite, halter, hartal, hatter, healer, heater, hefter, heifer, hereat, hiatal, hitter, lariat, lather, latria, latter, lefter, letter, liefer, lifter, lither, litter, ratite, rattle, realia, refelt, refile, reflet, reheat, relate, relief, retail, retial, retile, tailer, telfer, tether, thaler, threat, thrift, tilter, titfer, tither, trefah, trifle. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-i-l-r-t-t" | |
+3 letters: faintheartedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 69 6C 46 65 61 74 68 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101001 01101100 00100000 01000110 01100101 01100001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a i l   F e a t h e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0069 006C 0046 0065 0061 0074 0068 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54677578240716786747184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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