Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aftershaft | the second shaft coming out of the quill of a feather. |
alated | having wings. |
alation | the state of having wings; the position of wings on a creature. |
alula | (Lat.) one of three feathers springing from the base of the primaries. |
alular | pertaining to the alulae, three feathers springing from the base of the primaries. |
angustirostrate | narrow-beaked. |
anisodactyl | a bird having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards. |
anisodactylous | of birds, having three toes turned forward, one backwards. |
apterism | winglessness. |
apterium | a bare patch on a bird's skin. |
apterous | lacking wings. |
aviform | bird-shaped. |
axillar | a feather on the underside of a bird's wing. |
axillary | growing from an axil; (noun) an axillary feather. |
barbicel | (Ital.) one of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers. |
beak | a bird's bill. |
beaked | having a beak. |
beakless | without a beak. |
beaklike | like a beak. |
beaky | beaked. |
becke | (Spenser) a beak. |
bewinged | having wings. |
birostrate | double-beaked. |
braccate | having feathered legs or feet. |
brachypterism | the state of having abnormally short wings. |
calcar | (Lat.) a spur-like projection, as on the leg of a bird. |
calcarate | relating to a calcar, a spur-like projection on a bird's leg. |
calcarine | having a calcar. |
carina | (Lat.) a keel-shaped ridge on a bird's breast. |
carinal | of or like a carina, a keel-like anatomical part. |
carpometacarpus | in birds, a bone of the wing formed by fusion of some of the carpals with the metacarpals. |
caruncle | any fleshy growth on the body eg a rooster's comb. |
caruncular | having a caruncle. |
carunculate | having a caruncle. |
carunculated | having a caruncle. |
carunculous | having a caruncle. |
clawless | without claws. |
clawlike | resembling a claw. |
cloaca | (Lat.) a sewer; the terminal part of the gut in birds. |
cloacal | relating to the cloaca. |
cloacaline | relating to the cloaca. |
cloacinal | relating to the cloaca. |
combless | without a comb or crest. |
conirostral | having a strong conical beak, like eg most finches. |
copple | (Obs.) a bird's crest. |
craw | the stomach of a bird. |
crissal | relating to a crissum, on a bird, feathers covering the underside of the base of the tail. |
crissum | (Lat.) the area surrounding a bird's cloaca, including the under-tail feathers. |
culmen | (Lat.) the highest point, the upper ridge of a bird's bill. |
culvertailed | having a tail like a culver, a dove. |
dasypaedal | of young birds, having down. |
dentirostral | with notched beak. |
dewlap | a turkey's wattle; a flap of skin under the throat. |
diplocardiac | of birds and mammals, having a four-chambered heart, which enables two separate circulations and prevents mixing of the arterial and venous blood. |
dowl | (Dial.) a portion of down in a feather; a piece of fluff. |
dowle | (Dial.) a portion of down in a feather; a piece of fluff. |
dowlne | (Shakesp.) down, in sense of feathers. |
downless | without down. |
downlike | like down. |
downy | covered in down DOWNILY; (noun) a bed |
eleutherodactyl | of birds, having the hind toe free. |
falconiform | shaped like a falcon. |
fantailed | having a fan-shaped tail. |
feather | a horny structure found on the wings of birds (verb) to cover with feathers |
feathery | resembling feathers. |
feetless | destitute of feet; as, feetless birds. |
filoplume | a slender hairlike feather. |
fissipalmate | of some birds' feet, partially webbed, having lobes and fringes on separate toes. |
fissirostral | having a divided beak. |
fledge | feathers (verb) to furnish with feathers |
fledgy | (Keats) fledged, feathery. |
forewing | a front wing. |
forficate | deeply forked, esp of certain birds' tails. |
furcula | (Lat.) the jointed clavicles of a bird, aka wishbone. |
furculum | (Lat.) the jointed clavicles of a bird, aka wishbone. |
gastraeum | the undersurface of the body, esp in birds. |
gonys | the ridge along and towards the tip of the lower mandible, formed by the junction of its two halves or rami (as in gulls). |
gymnorhinal | with unfeathered nostril. |
hallucal | relating to the hallux, the big toe, |
hallux | (Lat.) the big toe; the hind toe of birds. |
herl | the barb of a feather. |
heterodactyl | a heterodactylous bird. |
heterodactylous | having the first and second toes turned backwards, as in trogons, and not the first and fourth as in parrots. |
impennate | featherless; wingless. |
ingluvial | of or pertaining to the ingluvies or crop of birds. |
ingluvies | (Lat.) the crop or craw of birds. |
lamellirostral | having transverse lamellae within the edge of the bill. |
lamellirostrate | having transverse lamellae within the edge of the bill. |
latirostral | having a broad beak. |
latirostrate | having a broad beak. |
leptodactyl | a bird or other animal with long slender toes. |
lobiped | having lobate toes, as a coot. |
longipennate | having elongated wings or feathers. |
longirostral | having an elongated beak. |
loral | pertaining to the lore, the side of a bird's head. |
loreal | pertaining to the lore, the side of a bird's head. |
merrythought | the furcula between the neck and breastbone of poultry, also called the wishbone. |
metagnathism | the state of being metagnathous, having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
metagnathous | having a beak in which the tips of the mandibles cross. |
micropterous | having small wings or fins. |
moulten | (Shakesp.) having moulted. |
nare | (Arch.) a nostril, esp a hawk's. |
naricorn | the horny termination of a bird's nostril. |
naris | (Lat.) a nostril. |
neb | a bird's bill; (verb) to put a bill on. |
notaeum | (Lat.) the back or upper surface, as of a bird. |
odontorhynchous | of birds, having toothlike ridges inside the beak. |
palama | (Lat.) a membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together. |
passeriform | having the form of a perching bird. | penna | (Lat.) a feather, esp a large feather of the tail or wing. |
pennate | winged; feathered. |
pennated | winged; feathered. |
penniform | feather-shaped. |
pileum | (Lat.) the top of a bird's head. |
pinfeather | a feather not fully developed; esp a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin. |
pinion | a wing; a small wheel with teeth; (verb) to fasten. |
pinna | (Lat.) a projecting feather. |
pinnal | pertaining to a pinna, a projecting feather. |
pinnatiped | having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds. |
plumage | the feathers of a bird. |
plumaged | having plumage. |
plumate | having feathers or plumes. |
plumelet | a small plume. |
plumery | plumes collectively. |
plumiped | having feathered feet; (noun) a creature with feathered feet. |
plumose | having feathers or plumes. |
plumosely | (Adv.) PLUMOSE, having feathers or plumes. |
plumosity | the state of being plumose. |
plumous | having feathers or plumes. |
plumula | (Lat.) a little feather or plume. |
plumular | relating to a plumule, a little feather or plume. |
plumulate | downy. |
plumule | a little feather or plume. |
plumulose | having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather. |
premolt | preceding a molt. |
premoult | preceding moult. |
proventricular | relating to the proventriculus, the first part of a bird's stomach. |
proventriculus | the first part of a bird's stomach, aka gizzard. |
pteryla | (Lat.) a tract of skin bearing contour feathers in birds. |
pterylosis | the arrangement of feathers in definite areas. |
ptilosis | (Greek) plumage or mode of feathering. |
pygostyle | the bone of a bird's tail. |
rachial | relating to a rachis, the spine or axis of a feather. |
rachidial | of or like a rachis, the spine or axis of a feather. |
rachidian | of or like a rachis, the spine or axis of a feather. |
rachis | (Lat.) the spine or axis of a feather. |
rectricial | relating to rectrices. |
rectrix | (Lat.) any of the quill feathers of a bird's tail that are important in controlling flight direction. |
recurvirostral | with up-bent bill. |
remex | (Lat.) one of the large feathers of a bird's wing. |
remigial | relating to the remiges, one of the large feathers of a bird's wing. |
rhachial | relating to a rhachis. |
rhachidial | of or like a rhachis, the spine or axis of a feather. |
rhachis | (Lat.) the spine or axis of a feather; the spinal cord. |
rhamphoid | hook-beak-shaped, like eg a toucan. |
rhamphotheca | the horny or leathery outer layer of a bird's bill. |
rhinotheca | the sheath of the upper mandible of a bird. |
rhynchodont | having a toothed beak. |
rictal | relating to the rictus, the expanse or gape of the mouth, or of the beak or jaws of a bird, fish, etc. |
rostellar | pertaining to a rostellum, a small beaklike process or extension of some part. |
rostellate | having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak. |
rostellum | (Lat.) the protruding forepart of the head of a tapeworm, armed with hooklets or spines. |
rostrate | beak-shaped. |
rostrated | beak-shaped. |
saurognathous | having a lizard-like arrangement of the palate-bones (as eg woodpeckers). |
scapulated | with noticeable scapular feathers. |
scapus | (Lat.) the shaft of a column or feather. |
schizognathous | of some birds, having the bones of the palate separate. |
scutellum | (Lat.) a scale on a bird's leg. |
semipalmation | the state of being semipalmate, partly webfooted. |
semiplume | a feather with an ordinary shaft but a downy web. |
serratirostral | saw-billed. |
spuriae | (Lat.) in birds, feathers of the bastard wing. |
strophiole | a caruncle. |
subalar | situated below the wings. |
syndactylism | being syndactyl, having fused digits. |
syringeal | of, pertaining to, or connected with the syrinx of a bird. |
syrinx | (Greek) the vocal organ of birds. |
talon | a hooked claw or finger. |
taloned | having talons. |
tarsometatarsal | relating to the tarsometatarsus, a bird's shankbone, |
tarsometatarsus | a long bone in the lower leg of birds and some reptiles, formed by the fusion of tarsal and metatarsal structures. |
tectricial | of or like a tectrix, one of the coverts (feathers covering the main feathers) of a bird's wing. |
tectrix | (Lat.) one of the coverts (feathers covering the main feathers) of a bird's wing. |
tenuirostral | of a bird, slender-billed. |
tertial | a feather of the decorative inner part of a bird's wing. |
tertiary | one of the feathers on a bird adjoining the secondaries. |
tibiotarsus | in birds, a bone formed by the fusion of the tibia and some of the tarsals. |
tomial | relating to the tomium, the cutting edge of a bird's bill. |
tomium | (Lat.) the cutting edge of a bird's bill. |
torques | a ring of fur or feathers round an animal's neck. |
totipalmate | having webbing between each toe, as in pelicans and gannets. |
totipalmation | the state of being totipalmate, having webbing between each toe. |
underwing | the underneath of a bird's wing. |
unwinged | not having wings. |
uropygial | of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds. |
uropygium | the prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail. |
vexil | the vane of a feather. |
vexillar | of or like a vexillum, the vane of a feather. |
vexillate | of or like a vexillum, the vane of a feather. |
vexillum | (Lat.) a flag or standard; the vane of a feather. |
wing | an organ of flight (verb) to travel by means of wings |
wingless | having no wings. |
winglet | a small wing. |
wingspan | the distance from the tip of one of a pair of wings to that of the other. |
wingtip | the end of a wing. |
wingy | having or resembling wings. |
wishbone | the V-shaped bone formed by the fused clavicles of a bird's breast. |
zygodactyl | having two toes pointing forward and two backwards; (noun) a bird, such as a woodpecker, having such toes. |
zygodactylic | having two toes in front and two behind. |
zygodactylism | the state of being zygodactylic, having two toes in front and two behind. |
zygodactylous | of or like a zygodactyl, having two toes pointing forward and two backwards. |