featherlike

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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

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

The shots started out low, boring missiles and swelled majestically up into the air in a soaring parabolic shape before dropping featherlike onto the tiny-looking practice green.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2011

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