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featherbone

featherbone noun: a whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

Noun

featherbone (uncountable)

  1. A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.

Origin of featherbone

From feather + bone.

Questions about featherbone

What does featherbone mean?
Featherbone means a whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
What part of speech is featherbone?
Featherbone is a noun.

Words near featherbone in the dictionary

  1. featherblades
  2. featherboard
  3. featherboarding
  4. featherboardings
  5. featherboards
  6. featherbone
  7. featherbrain
  8. featherbrained
  9. featherbrains
  10. featherbush
  11. featherbushes

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