| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| plumed | (of a bird) Preen itself |
| pluming | (of a bird) Preen itself |
| precocial | (of a young bird or other animal) Hatched or born in an advanced state and able to feed itself almost immediately |
| phoenixes | (in classical mythology) A unique bird that lived for five or six centuries in the Arabian desert, after this time burning itself on a funeral pyre and rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle |
