shuttlecock fern shutt·le·cock·fern uncommon noun 1. tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes Synonymsostrich fernshuttlecock fernfiddleheadMatteuccia struthiopterisPteretis struthiopterisOnoclea struthiopteris Related words Broader terms fern Parts Matteuccia WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.
