Shuttlecocks.

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The shuttlecock is also called a "birdie", "bird", "cock" or "shuttle". The "shuttle" part of the name was probably derived from its back-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a loom, and the "cock" from the feathers of the traditional shuttlecock, referring to a bird's crest.

Shuttlecock is also used as the English name of the sport Jianzi, which is also played with a shuttlecock.

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