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Fossils show that many dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs sported feather and featherlike body coverings.

From Science Magazine Jun. 30, 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




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