Pin feather, the Glossary
A pin feather is a developing feather on a bird.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Bird, Chew toy, Cilium, Dermis, Epidermis, Epiphyseal plate, Feather, Moulting, Preening.
- Feathers
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Chew toy
A chew toy is an object designed to be chewed on by animals for stimulation and relief from boredom or discomfort.
Cilium
The cilium (cilia;; in anatomy, cilium is an eyelash) is a membrane-bound organelle found on most types of eukaryotic cell.
Dermis
The dermis or corium is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the cutis) and subcutaneous tissues, that primarily consists of dense irregular connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain.
Epidermis
The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.
Epiphyseal plate
The epiphyseal plate, epiphysial plate, physis, or growth plate is a hyaline cartilage plate in the metaphysis at each end of a long bone.
See Pin feather and Epiphyseal plate
Feather
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. Pin feather and Feather are feathers.
Moulting
In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.
Preening
Preening is a found in birds that involves the use of the beak to position feathers, interlock feather that have become separated, clean plumage, and keep ectoparasites in check. Pin feather and Preening are feathers.
See also
Feathers
- Aigrette
- Alula
- Avifilopluma
- Boa (clothing accessory)
- Conservation and restoration of feathers
- Covert feather
- Crest (feathers)
- Delayed feathering in chickens
- Down feather
- Eagle feather law
- Ear tuft
- Eye-ring
- Feather
- Feather development
- Feather duster
- Feather hole
- Feather pecking
- Feather-plucking
- Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
- Featherwork
- Flight feather
- Hackles
- Hen feathering
- Imping
- List of poultry feathers
- Marabou (fashion)
- Pennaceous feather
- Pin feather
- Plumage
- Plume (feather)
- Plume hunting
- Preening
- Quill
- Speculum feathers
- Supercilium
- Tarring and feathering
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_feather
Also known as Blood feather, In pin, Pin feathers, Pinfeather, Pinfeathers.