Pennaceous feather

The pennaceous feather is a type of feather present in most modern birds and in some other species of maniraptoriform dinosaurs.

The rectrix and remex seen above are two examples of pennaceous feathers.
An ostrich down feather is an example of a plumulaceous feather. Its rudimentary rhachis with long flexible barbs and elongate barbules cannot form vanes.
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