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 its cloaca.

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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  • 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