feather

body-covering structure of some dinosaurs including birds
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q81025
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feather

Summary

feather is a class of anatomical entity[1]. feather ranks in the top 9% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,360 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • feather's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • feather is a type of tissue[4].
  • feather is a type of skin appendage[5].
  • feather is a type of particular anatomical entity[6].
  • feather's Commons category is recorded as Feathers[7].
  • feather's Unicode character is recorded as 🪶[8].
  • feather comprises rachis[9].
  • feather comprises barb (feather)[10].
  • feather's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Feathers[11].
  • feather's Commons gallery is recorded as Feather[12].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • feather's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • feather's different from is recorded as feather[20].
  • feather's different from is recorded as plumage[21].
  • feather's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for feather include Yutyrannus[23], a fossil taxon[24] and clinoptilolite[25], a mineral series[26].

Why It Matters

feather ranks in the top 9% of class_of_anatomical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,360 views/month).[2] feather has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] feather is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for feather include Yutyrannus[23], a fossil taxon[24] and clinoptilolite[25], a mineral series[26].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_feather-s_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{feather}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/feather-s}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of
    Subclass of tissue, skin appendage, particular anatomical entity
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25745, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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