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Headgear is worn for many purposes, including protection against the elements, decoration, or for religious or cultural reasons, including social conventions. This is a list of headgear, both modern and historical.
A patch of coloured feathers found on the throat or upper breast of some species of birds. [242] It is a feature found on many male hummingbirds, particularly those found in North America, whose gorgets are typically iridescent. [244] Other species having gorgets include the purple-throated fruitcrow [245] and the chukar partridge. [246]
Antler comes from the Old French antoillier (see present French : "Andouiller", from ant-, meaning before, oeil, meaning eye and-ier, a suffix indicating an action or state of being) [3] [4] possibly from some form of an unattested Latin word *anteocularis, "before the eye" [5] (and applied to the word for "branch" or "horn" [4]).
The name earwig is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for "ear creature," thanks to the superstition that the insects crawl into people's ears while asleep, according to Britannica.
The aardvark has a long, thin, snakelike, protruding tongue (as much as 30 centimetres (12 in) long) [6] and elaborate structures supporting a keen sense of smell. [30] The ears, which are very effective, [6] are disproportionately long, about 20–25 centimetres (7.9–9.8 in) long. [22] The eyes are small for its head, and consist only of ...
The look of the cap that was marketed to young boys was typically simplified; it was usually a faux fur lined skull cap with a raccoon tail attached. A variation was marketed to young girls as the Polly Crockett hat. It was similar in style to the boys' cap, including the long tail, but was made of all-white fur (faux or possibly rabbit).
The visible part is called the auricle, also known as the pinna, especially in other animals. It is composed of a thin plate of yellow elastic cartilage , covered with integument, and connected to the surrounding parts by ligaments and muscles; and to the commencement of the ear canal by fibrous tissue.
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