The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.
Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
A gill slit or gill cover.
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
ravine
a two-wheeled frame for transporting timber
rivulet
a female ferret
The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally.
To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.