any one of the small feathers overlying the flight-feathers of a bird's wing.
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > other types of (6) wing-covert1815 any one of the small feathers overlying the flight-feathers of a bird's wing. under-covert1817 Ornithology. One of the small close feathers on the under-side of the wing or tail. contour feather1867 a feather that forms part of the surface and contour of a bird, as distinguished from one which lies closer to the skin and does not appear on the… tectrix1874 Each of the feathers that cover the base of the quill-feathers of the wing and tail in birds: = covert, n. 5. marginal1887 Ornithology. A contour feather or covert on the leading edge of a bird's wing. Now rare. predigital1887 Ornithology. Either of two remiges attached to the distal phalanx of the middle digit of a bird's wing. Now rare. |
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