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单词 under-covert
释义 ˈunder-ˌcovert
[under-1 5 b, c.]
1. A covert of undergrowth.
1805Wordsw. Prelude iii. 433 A primeval grove,..[Not] indigent of songs warbled from crowds In under-coverts.
2. Ornith. One of the small close feathers on the under-side of the wing or tail.
1817Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. X. i. 259 Tail like the wing-coverts, with its under-coverts white.1895Funk's Standard Dict. s.v. Wing-covert, Feathers..of the lining of the wing are called under-coverts.
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