"feather boa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌfɛðə ˈbəʊə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɛðəɹ ˈboʊə/ [General-American], /ˌfeðə ˈbəʉə/ [Australia], /ˌfeðə ˈbɐʉə/ [New-Zealand], /ˌfɛðəɾ ˈboə/ [Scotland], /ˌfɛðə ˈboːə/ [Wales] (note: without the toe–tow merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-feather boa.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-feather boa.wav [General-American] Forms: feather boas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊə Etymology: From feather (noun) + boa (noun). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|gʷṓws}}, {{etymon|en|:af|feather<pos:n>|boa<pos:n>|text=+|tree=1}} From feather (noun) + boa (noun). Head templates: {{en-noun}} feather boa (plural feather boas)
  1. A boa (“type of long scarf, usually worn by being draped across the shoulders with the ends hanging low, sometimes also with a loop around the neck”) made of feathers, either real or synthetic. Translations (boa made of feathers): sulkaboa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-feather_boa-en-noun-en:neckwear Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'boa made of feathers': 69 31
  2. (by extension) In full feather boa kelp: Egregia menziesii, a lessoniaceous kelp found in intertidal water along the western coastline of North America. Tags: broadly Translations (Egregia menziesii): Egregia menziesii -levä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-feather_boa-en-noun-en:Egregia_menziesii Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Finnish translations, Brown algae, Neckwear Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Brown algae: 23 77 Disambiguation of Neckwear: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'Egregia menziesii': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feather boa kelp, feather boaed

Inflected forms

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