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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. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and an example of a complex evolutionary novelty.

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Feather

Nodes213
Edges212
Triples204
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00939
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Feather

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related to In pterosaurs · 26
Feather → Barrett, But, Cascocauda, China, Further, Furthermore, Given, However, Inner Mongolia, Jurassic, Liliana D'Alba, Martill, Martill's, Mike Benton, Namely, P-T, Paul, Protofeathers, Pterosaurs, Studies
related to External links · 24
Feather → Access, Antonia, AtlasFedern, Australian Birdkeeper Magazine, CFR, Cracking, DeMeo, Eagle Parts, EAGLE PERMITSU, Eagles, Electronic Code, Environmental Protection, Federal Regulations, Fisheries PART, McGraw, Mechanical, National Fish, Native American Free Exercise, Polly, Religion
related to Further reading · 19
Feather → Agriculture, Alfred, Avian Anatomy Integument, Basic Books, Feathers, Hanson, ISBN, Lucas, Natural Miracle, New York, Part, Peter, Stettenheim, Structure, The Evolution, Thor, US Department, Vol, Washington
related to Feathered dinosaurs · 18
Feather → Another, Archaeopteryx, Congo, Dilong, Dinosaurs, Evolutionary, However, In, Kulindadromeus, Microraptor, One, Pedopenna, Psittacosaurus, Several, The, Thomas Holtz, Tianyulong, Tyrannosaurus
related to Functional considerations · 17
Feather → Additionally, Anchiornis, By, China, Discoveries, In, It, Late Cretaceous, Ornithomimus, Recent, Some, The, Theories, There, This, Tupandactylus, While
related to Functions · 16
Feather → Although, As, Color, Feathers, Herons, In, It, Machaeropterus, Powder, Some, Striking, The, These, They, UV, Waterproofing
related to Etymology · 13
Feather → Dutch, Feder, German, Germanic, Greek's, Indo-European, Latin, Latin's, Old English, Quills, Sanskrit's, The, The French
related to Molecular evolution · 13
Feather → American, Feathers, For, Grem1, However, Several, Sox18, Sox2, Spry2, The, They, This, Zic1
related to Classification · 11
Feather → Also, At, Down, Filoplumes, Fused, Hatchling, In, The, There, These, This
related to In religion and culture · 10
Feather → Canada, Eagle, First Nations, In, In India, In South America, Indian, Native American, Native Americans, United States

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feathers birds used also found dinosaurs structures bird species skin plumage may many structure evolution ornamental scales early colors flight

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the penguinsinstance ofaids in forming easily ejectable pellets.DistributionContour feathers are not uniformly distributed on the skin of the bird except in some groups0.80text
ratitesinstance ofaids in forming easily ejectable pellets.DistributionContour feathers are not uniformly distributed on the skin of the bird except in some groups0.80text
screamersinstance ofaids in forming easily ejectable pellets.DistributionContour feathers are not uniformly distributed on the skin of the bird except in some groups0.80text
the penguinsinstance ofDistributionContour feathers are not uniformly distributed on the skin of the bird except in some groups0.80text
ratitesinstance ofDistributionContour feathers are not uniformly distributed on the skin of the bird except in some groups0.80text
screamersinstance ofDistributionContour feathers are not uniformly distributed on the skin of the bird except in some groups0.80text
those belonging to pheasants have been used to decorate fishing lures.Down feathers are used as an insulating material for outerwearinstance ofColorful feathers0.80text
beddinginstance ofColorful feathers0.80text
sulphurinstance ofor even as sinks for metabolic wastes0.80text
Featherrelated to ClassificationThere0.60section
Featherrelated to ClassificationThe0.60section
Featherrelated to ClassificationAlso0.60section

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