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down feather - soft fine feathers

feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

duck down - down of the duck

goose down - down of the goose

swan's down - down of the swan

plumule - down feather of young birds; persists in some adult birds

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From one point a thin white thread of vapour rose slantingly to an immense height, and then frayed out like a down feather.

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