NOUN | animal | quill feather, flight feather, pinion, quill | any of the larger / larger wing or tail feathers of a bird |
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Meaning | Any of the larger / larger wing or tail feathers of a bird. | |
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Synonyms | flight feather, pinion, quill | |
Part of | wing | A movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
Narrower | primary, primary feather, primary quill | One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
tail feather | feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird | |
Broader | feather, plume, plumage | The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
Spanish | remera | |
Catalan | rèmige |
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