featherlike
Example Sentences
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On the pterosaur’s head crest, the researchers identified both single-stranded fibers and featherlike branching ones with a central shaft narrowing at the base.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2022
There has also been some academic debate about whether pterosaur fuzz represents true feathers or featherlike pycnofibers.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2022
“They’ve got this beautiful, ornate crown cup, and little, tiny featherlike projections sticking out of them,” Mr. Hollingworth said, describing the sea lily fossil.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
Jingmai O’Connor, a paleontologist from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, cautioned that it was difficult to interpret feathers and featherlike structures from flattened fossils.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2018
She was making her final knots behind me when I felt a vague, featherlike touch on my shoulder, almost insensible through the nahlrout that numbed me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
