| 释义 |
remex|ˈriːmɛks|
Pl. remiges |ˈrɛmɪdʒiːz|.
[L. rēmex, f. rēmus oar.]
†1. A rower. Obs. rare—1.
1674Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 57 If one Remex or Skuller move [a boat of]..3 inches draught 12000 feet forward in 3600 seconds: then 4 like Rowers [etc.].
2. Ornith. One of the principal feathers of a bird's wing, by which it is sustained and carried forward in flight; a wing-quill. Chiefly pl.
1767G. White Selborne xii, Peculiar crimson tags..at the ends of five of the short remiges. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XIII. 505/2 The primary and secondary wing-feathers are called remiges. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 269 The wings..have but six remiges, in addition to the ten primaries. 1887Athenæum 16 Apr. 517/3 The absence..of the fifth cubital remex, its coverts only being developed. |