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Feather (disambiguation)

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Feathers are epidermal growths which form an outer covering on birds and some dinosaurs.

Feather may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

  • "Feathers", a character from the 1959 film Rio Bravo

Films and television

  • Feathers (film), a 1987 Australian film
  • The Feather, a 1929 British romantic drama film
  • "The Feather", an episode of Touched by an Angel

Literature

  • Feathers (novel), a 2007 children's novel by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Feathers (play), a play by Eliza Power
  • Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle, a 2011 non-fiction book by conservation biologist Thor Hanson

Music

  • Feather (step), a dance step in Foxtrot
  • The Feather (award), an award within the Dutch music industry
  • Feathers (American band), an electronic music band
  • Feathers (Australian band), a four-piece band
  • The Featherz, a Welsh/English alternative rock band
  • Feathers aka Turquoise, a folk music/mime trio formed by David Bowie in late 1968
  • feather (album), a 2003 album by Misako Odani
  • Feathers (Dead Meadow album), 2005
  • Feathers, a Buckethead album
  • "Feathers", a 2008 single by progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria

Computing and technology

  • Feather, an incision in diamonds affecting diamond clarity
  • Feather, the NATO reporting name of the Yakovlev Yak-17 fighter aircraft
  • Feather, the minimum drag position of a rowing oar or an aircraft propeller, see feathering

Other uses

  • Feathered hair, a hairstyle which was a fashion in the 1970s
  • Feathering (horse), properly called "Feather" on some breeds, long hair growing over the lower leg and fetlocks of horses

People with the surname

  • Leonard Feather (1914–1994), jazz writer and producer
  • Lorraine Feather (born 1948), lyricist/songwriter, and the daughter of Leonard Feather
  • Vic Feather (1908–1976), former General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress in Great Britain, 1969–1973
  • Mr. Feathery, nickname of Lennard Freeman (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League

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