The shuttlecock is a shaped like a cone and made of overlapping feathers attached to a circular cork base, according to Racquet Point.—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024 Its flowers are highly decorative, feathery pink and white, resembling badminton shuttlecocks with an alluring fragrance.—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 18 May 2024 In Bilbao, the monstrous shuttlecock with its flaccid feathers sits in its own space like a sad echo of an ancient badminton game between giants.—Christian House, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Using an innovation pioneered by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, Unity's wing and tail fins are designed to pivot upward 60 degrees once out of the atmosphere, giving the spaceplane the aerodynamics of a badminton shuttlecock, ensuring a belly-down re-entry.—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 July 2021 See all Example Sentences for shuttlecock
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