Feather
Feathers were produced by bird species, such as crows and ravens, for protection, display, and flight. Humans also used feathers for various purposes.

Deputy Sheriff Bennings, a Human descendant on the Skagaran colony, decorated his hat with a few black feathers. ().

Romulan Birds-of-Prey had a bold pattern of an alien bird's feathers painted on the ship's ventral hull when the  encountered one in 2266 near the Romulan Neutral Zone. ()

 used the phrase "like feathers in the wind" to describe a group of helpless aliens after Kirk had smashed her transmuter. ()

A stuffed, bird-like creature Trelane had in his mansion was covered in feathers. ()

The Aurelians were a bipedal, relatively tall, ornithoid race that had bright yellow feathers. ()

Feathers could also be found on the body of Quetzalcoatl, who was a feathered- deity worshiped in Mesoamerica and was usually associated with or equated to Kukulkan. ()

The Skorr were an ornithoid race with what appeared to be feathered wings. ()

When recreating an 18th century French military scenario on a planetoid in 2364, Q also created a marshal's tent for himself with candles, lamps, furniture, and feathers with ink for writing. ()

When Deanna Troi brought a local costume from Angel I for William T. Riker and asked if he was "going to put that thing on and parade around like one of them," Riker responded by telling her that he had been required to wear feathers on Armus IX, as well as having had to wear furs on Kabatris. ()

One of multiple holographic opponents in Worf's Klingon calisthenics program was covered in feathers. ()

Jean-Luc Picard was given a hat with a feather in it when Q put the crew of the  into a situation where they became Robin Hood and his Merry Men. ()

The tympanic tickle is likely a type of sexual act Ferengi can perform on one another, where the tympanic membrane was stimulated with the help of a feather. When performed by an amateur, the feather can get stuck and medical attention was needed to remove it. ()

The game of darts appealed to Miles O'Brien because, as he told Quark, it involved "No lasers, no holograms; just steel tips and feathers." ()

A dream catcher was often decorated with feathers. ()

In 2374, after Seven of Nine abruptly left , Janeway found a passage in Seven's logs reading, "The feathers are black… wingspan approximately one and a half meters… the eyes are yellow…" ()

When Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres found themselves in Viorsa's virtual reality program, a Little Woman brushed Kim's head with a feather duster in a mock-ceremonial manner. ()

The Banea had distinctive forehead ridges similar to the combs of some species of Earth birds, and feather-like structures around their faces and on their brows. ()

The hull of the  was marked by distinctive "feather"-shaped plating. ()

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