Usually means: Outer feathers that shape birds.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word contour feather:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. contour feather: Merriam-Webster
  2. contour feather: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contour feather: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contour feather: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contour feather: Vocabulary.com
  6. contour-feather: Wordnik
  7. Contour feather: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. contour feather: Wiktionary
  9. contour feather: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. contour feather: Dictionary.com
  11. Contour feather: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. contour feather: Rhymezone
  13. contour feather: FreeDictionary.org
  14. contour feather: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. contour feather: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contour feather: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contour feather: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

(Note: See contour_feathers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (contour feather)

noun:  (ornithology) Any feather possessing a central shaft (rachis), usually with vanes composed of barbs.

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