Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The feathers or area under the tail of a bird surrounding the cloacal opening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, the region between the anus and the tail of a bird; especially, the feathers of this region, the vent-feathers or under tail-coverts, collectively. See cut under
bird .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The area of
feathers on a bird that surround itscloaca .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin, from Latin crīsāre, crissāre, to move the buttocks during intercourse; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
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sionnach commented on the word crissum
The feathers or area under the tail of a bird surrounding the cloacal opening.
from Latin crīs�?re, criss�?re, to move the buttocks during intercourse.
October 31, 2007