coverts

Do people think they'll win coverts by beating people over the head?

After the Relapse trillian_stars 2010

The shorter plumes that shield the bases of the long quill feathers are called the coverts, which are found on both the upper and under surfaces of the wing.

Our Bird Comrades 1896

But the short ones are called coverts, like those of the wings -- upper tail-coverts, and under tail-coverts. "

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870

The quail still called from the coverts, and the harvest sounds seemed abruptly to become very loud.

THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY 2010

He learned where the wild deer, in their season, were to be found; when they raided the prune-orchard, the vineyards, and the apple-trees; when they sought the deepest canyons and most secret coverts; and when they stamped out in open glades and on bare hillsides and crashed and clattered their antlers together in combat.

CHAPTER XXXV 2010

When the tail is lifted up, the reddish coverts under the tail become visible (according to the books, they are "chestnut" colored).

Archive 2009-06-01 AYDIN 2009

The tidal Tamar flows in a tight meander near Hooe beneath the steep woods and coverts of Pentillie and around the expansive mud bank off Clifton.

Country diary: Bere Alston, Tamar Valley 2011

He's MIA, you better get the special ops and undercover coverts to find him, maybe he's in Mrytle Beach, fishing with Cheney and Rove! rhonda

South Carolina governor goes missing 2009

Would you system basically just allow people to buy into a bond fund that coverts to an annuity and 65?

Matthew Yglesias » The Other Public Sector Pension Problem 2010

This monomorphic species is identified by its overall greyish colour, white forehead, orange-red eyes surrounded by black and its orangish or chestnut-coloured belly and undertail coverts.

Mystery bird: Ethiopian catbird, Parophasma galinieri 2011