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Definitions of hackles in various dictionaries:
noun - a feeling of anger and animosity
noun - long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
verb - comb with a heckle
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| These are attached to a fly to help it float; they're also what are "raised" when you get angry |
| Proverbially, to make these chicken neck feathers rise on someone is to produce anger or hostility in him |
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| Plural form of hackle. |
| erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed. |
| a feeling of anger and animosity |
| the hairs on the back of some animals, or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds, that rise when the animal or bird is frightened or about to fight |
| Erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed. |
| A long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird. |
| A steel comb for dressing flax. |
| Dress or comb (flax) with a hackle. |
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Hackles are the erectile plumage or hair in the neck area of some birds and mammals. * In birds, the hackle is the group of feathers found along the back and side of the neck. The hackles of some types of chicken, particularly roosters, are long, fine, and often brightly coloured. These hackles may be used in fly fishing as lures.* In mammals, the hackles are the hairs of the neck and back which become erect when the animal is fearful, as part of the fight-or-flight response, or to show dominance over subordinate animals. Raising the hackles causes the animal to appear larger, and acts as a visual warning to other animals. Raised hackles are used by grey wolves as a dominance behavior, and by cats and striped hyena which are fearful or threatened. The process by which the hair is raised is called piloerection. The contraction of the arrector pili muscle associated with each hair follicle causes the hair to become erect. |