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

Her views were changed, she said, when she saw the systematic arrangement of the featherlike branches.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2018

That discovery prompted British and Chinese scientists to examine fossils of dinosaurs that are covered with featherlike structures.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2010

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