Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the feathers in the axilla of a bird's wing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
axillary . - noun In ornithology, one of the under wing-coverts of a bird, growing from the axilla or armpit, and distinguished from the under coverts in general by being the innermost feathers lining the wing, lying close to the body, and almost always longer, stiffer, and narrower than the rest. Commonly used in the plural.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Axillary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
axilla orarmpit ; as, axillarylymph node ,artery , ornerve . - adjective botany, rare Alternative form of
axillary . - noun
Feathers connecting the under surface of thewing and thebody , and concealed by the closed wing.
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Examples
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Some have scars running completely across the chest, from one axillar to the other, whilst others have merely dotted lines; some have circles and semicircles formed on the apex of the shoulder, others small dots only.
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Some have scars running completely across the chest, from one axillar to the other, whilst others have merely dotted lines; some have circles and semicircles formed on the apex of the shoulder, others small dots only.
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Some have scars running completely across the chest, from one axillar to the other, whilst others have merely dotted lines; some have circles and semicircles formed on the apex of the shoulder, others small dots only.
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Ramorum rudimtnta axillar* Scapi terminal. terc* tes» filifon loQgifi '. firiati, Lsvea t infeme adfper* fi foL lioearibus » indivifis » noii dentatis » fed ferrato-fpinofi, fubnudt • Corymbi terminal* alterni, fubdivifi • CaL apice fphacelatus • Cor* lutea; radio 8-fl. ovato » vix 3-dent.
Summa plantarum 1791
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Fol. rigidiufcula • Corymb. ter« mioal. & axillar.
Summa plantarum 1791
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K. fruticofa, cana:. foU coneifonxi. retufis, fer* raris, glabris; fl.axillar. folitar. fubfeffilibus •
Summa plantarum 1789
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Fol. oppo« fita y petiol. obtufiufcula, fubrepanda, fubcar - nofa, elabra • Braft« a.feflil. calyc. brevio - res • fT. axillar.
Summa plantarum 1789
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SuppU Ad cap. b* Spei. lYNAMIA AN GIOSPERMI A; axillar. folitar, oppofitae -, dichotomae, paucifl* quap coniunAim magnam paniculam effomiant.
Summa plantarum 1789
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Arb.fol. oppofitiSf fubpetiol. obverfe ovatis» integerrimis, glabris * Panlcula axillar. pedun-» culis fubdivifis.
Summa plantarum 1789
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FoU oppofita, feffil. finuata, glabra • FI. alterne axillar. corymbofi • Cal.
Summa plantarum 1789
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