11-494: [REDACTED] Look up tuft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tuft or tufts or tufted can refer to: Biology [ edit ] Tufted grass , grasses growing in tussocks Fascicle (botany) , or tuft, a bundle of leaves or flowers growing closely together specific tufts of feathers on a bird, for example a pectoral tuft Ungual tufts , groups of hairs at
22-408: A decorative tassel on a hat Tufting (composites) in the field of advanced composite materials Tuft (surname) See also [ edit ] Toft (disambiguation) Tofte (disambiguation) Tufts (disambiguation) Tuff , a type of rock Fascicle (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
33-408: A decorative tassel on a hat Tufting (composites) in the field of advanced composite materials Tuft (surname) See also [ edit ] Toft (disambiguation) Tofte (disambiguation) Tufts (disambiguation) Tuff , a type of rock Fascicle (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
44-627: A strong yet lightweight skeleton . Among other details such as size, proportions and shape, terms defining bird features developed and are used to describe features unique to the class—especially evolutionary adaptations that developed to aid flight . There are, for example, numerous terms describing the complex structural makeup of feathers (e.g., barbules , rachides and vanes ); types of feathers (e.g., filoplume , pennaceous and plumulaceous feathers); and their growth and loss (e.g., colour morph , nuptial plumage and pterylosis ). There are thousands of terms that are unique to
55-420: Is a glossary of common English language terms used in the description of birds —warm-blooded vertebrates of the class Aves and the only living dinosaurs . Birds, who have feathers and the ability to fly (except for the approximately 60 extant species of flightless birds ), are toothless, have beaked jaws , lay hard-shelled eggs, and have a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart , and
66-430: The base of an animal's claws Toe tuft , on cats Ear tuft , fur or feathers around an animal's ear Enamel tufts , in teeth Tuft cell , in the intestines Sulphur tuft, or Hypholoma fasciculare , a mushroom Sheathed woodtuft, or Kuehneromyces mutabilis , a mushroom Other uses [ edit ] Tufting in textiles Tuft (aeronautics) , a strip of string attached to an aircraft Tuft,
77-430: The base of an animal's claws Toe tuft , on cats Ear tuft , fur or feathers around an animal's ear Enamel tufts , in teeth Tuft cell , in the intestines Sulphur tuft, or Hypholoma fasciculare , a mushroom Sheathed woodtuft, or Kuehneromyces mutabilis , a mushroom Other uses [ edit ] Tufting in textiles Tuft (aeronautics) , a strip of string attached to an aircraft Tuft,
88-419: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up tuft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tuft or tufts or tufted can refer to: Biology [ edit ] Tufted grass , grasses growing in tussocks Fascicle (botany) , or tuft, a bundle of leaves or flowers growing closely together specific tufts of feathers on a bird, for example a pectoral tuft Ungual tufts , groups of hairs at
99-420: The study of birds. This glossary makes no attempt to cover them all, concentrating on terms that might be found across descriptions of multiple bird species by bird enthusiasts and ornithologists . Though words that are not unique to birds are also covered, such as " back " or " belly ," they are defined in relation to other unique features of external bird anatomy , sometimes called " topography ." As
110-446: The title Tuft . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuft&oldid=1215481512 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages tuft From Misplaced Pages,
121-452: The title Tuft . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tuft&oldid=1215481512 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pectoral tuft The following
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