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English: Explanatory diagrams of pennacous feather barb structures that allow for the interlocking of the barbs thereby giving the vane structure, strength, flexibility and stability.
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Source Pycraft, W. P. (1893) "The Interlocking of Feathers" in Natural Science: A Monthly Review of Scientific Progress, Vol. 3, Macmillan, p. 199
Author W. P. Pycraft

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