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Word: Down
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old Norse dúnn
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
daʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
soft, fine, fluffy feathers which form the first covering of a young bird or an insulating layer below the contour feathers of an adult bird
Short Definition:soft feathers below main feathers of bird
Examples:- the baby penguins' woolly down is essential in the Antarctic winter
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