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Examples
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Occasionally he would shift his perch on the hanging lamps or tug at the green-feathered cap secured by a strap to his head.
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Sipping her coffee, savoring an orange, musing on a green-feathered cockatoo woven into the pattern of her rug, she feels the day pulling her back to "that old catastrophe" enacted in "silent Palestine,/Dominion of blood and sepulcher."
The Day of Restlessness Jay Tolson 2008
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In this small house there were bamboo cages containing twenty birds, most of them talking minas and green-feathered small pigeons.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Recently some additional fascinating evidence has come to my attention that argues for my interpretation of Grünewald's green angel as Lucifer — namely, a beautiful, green-feathered angel-Devil painted by Filippo Lippi for a legendary story in the life of St. St.phen (Prato Cathedral).
Beat the Devil Mellinkoff, Ruth 1991
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Two had great bows, almost of their own height, and great quivers of long green-feathered arrows.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Under any of these names the green-feathered morsel is excellent eating when broiled or fried.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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In this small house there were bamboo cages containing twenty birds, most of them talking minas and green-feathered small pigeons.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Met say about living with an 8-foot-tall, green-feathered creature?
Fore, right! 2010
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It’s hard to believe that these scrawny chicks will grow into sleek green-feathered adults.
ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010
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It’s hard to believe that these scrawny chicks will grow into sleek green-feathered adults.
ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010
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