Down feather
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The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Powder down is a specialized type of down found only in a few groups of
Down feathers lack the interlocking barbules of pennaceous feathers, making them very soft and fluffy.
Like many precocial hatchlings, domestic chickens are already covered with a coat of downy feathers when they hatch.
"Feather dust" left on a window after a birdstrike
Body down feathers, like these exposed on this adult male budgerigar's back, lie underneath the contour feathers and help to insulate birds against heat loss.
Bedding
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Bedding, also called bedclothes or bed linen, is the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth, protection of the mattress, and decorative effect, i.e. the removable and washable
Bedclothes in a retail store
Women making bedding and pillows, factory, Anthony Hordern and Sons, Sydney, 1933-1938
Morgan Jones 'Princess', 1948
Boone Tavern Hotel October 2023 Sarah Stierch 08