| 单词 | contour feather |
| 释义 | contour feather (once / 1074483 pages) n WORD FAMILY contour feather: contour feathers USAGE EXAMPLESHe was so close she could hear his contour feathers buzz in the wind. Jean Craighead George, Frightful's Mountain(2001) Primaries eleven; fifth secondary wanting; after shaft to contour feathers present. Johns, Rev. C. A., British Birds in their Haunts(2011) Contour feathers, as their name implies, are those which form the contour or outline of the body, and are all that can generally be seen. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) n feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape Hyper feather, plumage, plume the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
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