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HACKLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hackle" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hackle"):

saddle feather; saddle hackle (a long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comb with a heckle

Example:

heckle hemp or flax

Synonyms:

hackle; hatchel; heckle

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hackle" is one way to...):

comb (straighten with a comb)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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