Term Name: feather
Synonyms:
Definition: one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. Feathers are formed in tiny follicles in the epidermis, or outer skin layer, that produce keratin proteins.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0000022]

Relationships
develops from: skin epidermis
has parts: afterfeather feather shaft
is a type of: cutaneous appendage ectoderm-derived structure
has subtype: auricular feather blood feather breast feather crural feather dorsal feather down feather filoplume feather forelimb feather hindlimb feather rictal bristle tail feather vaned feather wing feather