Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Furnished with feathers; able to fly.
  • Hence Covered with anything resembling or serving the purpose of feathers.
  • Equipped for flight; winged.
  • Developed; matured.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination; -- of birds.
  • adjective equipped with feathers; -- of an arrow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of fledge.
  • adjective Able to fly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of an arrow) equipped with feathers
  • adjective (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

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