单词 | secondary feather |
释义 | > as lemmassecondary feather a. secondary feather, secondary quill: a feather growing from the second joint of a bird's wing. secondary wing: one of the hind wings of an insect. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > secondary secondary1776 secondary feather1776 secondary quill1837 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > hind wing secondary1826 secondary wing1826 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 521 The tips of the secondary feathers white. 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. Expl. Techn. Terms Secondary quill-feathers. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 39 The secondary wings are sometimes smaller than the primary. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 367/2 The greater wing-coverts and secondary quills are greenish-black. < as lemmas |
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