Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, the covering feathers of the wings and tail; the coverts; wing-coverts or tail-coverts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) The wing coverts of a bird. See
covert , andIllust. ofbird .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
tectrix .
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Examples
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The tectrices (small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail) are streaked brown.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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The tectrices (small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail) are streaked brown.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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Blackish-brown feathers run from the tips to the primary feather (one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing) tectrices.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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Blackish-brown feathers run from the tips to the primary feather (one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing) tectrices.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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Blackish-brown feathers run from the tips to the primary feather (one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing) tectrices.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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Blackish-brown feathers run from the tips to the primary feather (one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing) tectrices.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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The tectrices (small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail) are streaked brown.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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The tectrices (small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail) are streaked brown.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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Blackish-brown feathers run from the tips to the primary feather (one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing) tectrices.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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The tectrices (small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail) are streaked brown.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Grace Lackey 2010
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