Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A quill or flight feather of a bird's wing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, one of the flight-feathers; one of the large stiff quill-feathers of a bird's wing which form most of its spread and correspond to the rectrices or rudder-feathers of the tail.
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- noun a
quill - noun the
flight feather of abird
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin rēmex, rēmig-, rower : rēmus, oar; see erə- in Indo-European roots + agere, to drive; see act.]
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Latin rower
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reesetee commented on the word remex
A flight feather on the wing of a bird (plural is remiges).
October 13, 2007