The best featherbeds were filled with a high proportion of down; larger feathers needed to have their quills clipped.

In his hands he carried a large feather.

It was snowing again; not like meal as before, but like large feathers.

It was made by the rushing of the wind through the larger feathers of his wings as he checked himself.

Eggs attached to an immovable surface can be dislodged with a large feather and collected in a fine net.

Fossils also show that Velociraptor had large feathers on its forelimbs, perhaps used for display.

The absence of larger feathers suggests A. xui was unable to fly.

Buchanan drops two large, blue feathers on the floor and begins strutting.

In those days pens were made from a quill (a large feather) that was cut with a pen-knife on the end.

Fortunately the head, neck, legs, wings, many of the larger feathers, and a large part of the skin, had been preserved.