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| has gloss | (noun) any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird quill, quill feather, flight feather, pinion |
| has gloss | eng: Flight feathers are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges (singular remex) while those on the tail are called rectrices (singular rectrix). Their primary function is to aid in the generation of both thrust and lift, thereby enabling flight. The flight feathers of some birds have evolved to perform additional functions, generally associated with territorial displays, courtship rituals or feeding methods. In some species, these feathers have developed into long showy plumes used in visual courtship displays, while in others they create a sound during display flights. Tiny serrations on the leading edge of their remiges help owls to fly silently (and therefore hunt more successfully), while the extra-stiff rectrices of woodpeckers help them to brace against tree trunks as they hammer. Even flightless birds still retain flight feathers, though sometimes in radically modified forms. |
| lexicalization | eng: flight feather |
| lexicalization | eng: Flight-feather |
| lexicalization | eng: pinion |
| lexicalization | eng: quill feather |
| lexicalization | eng: quill |
| subclass of | (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds feather, plumage, plume |
| has subclass | (noun) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing primary, primary quill, primary feather |
| has subclass | (noun) feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird tail feather |
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| Arabic | |
| lexicalization | ara: ريش |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: brk |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: sulka |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: plume |
| Manx | |
| lexicalization | glv: fedjag |
| Hindi | |
| lexicalization | hin: paMKa |
| Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hrv: pero |
| Armenian | |
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| lexicalization | hye: փետուր |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 칼깃 |
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| lexicalization | myv: толга |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: De slagpen is de grootste van de vier soorten veren van een vogel. Door de slagpennen kan een vogel vliegen, omdat deze veren groot genoeg zijn om de daartoe benodigde stuwkracht en lift te geven. |
| lexicalization | nld: slagpen |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: pena |
| lexicalization | por: pluma |
| Russian | |
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| lexicalization | rus: перо |
| Tamil | |
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| lexicalization | tam: இறகு |
| Thai | |
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| lexicalization | tha: ขนนก |
| Ukrainian | |
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| lexicalization | ukr: перо |
| lexicalization | ukr: пір'я |
| lexicalization | ukr: пір'їна |
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| part of | (noun) a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) wing |
| similar | e/Flight feather |
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| similar | e/Quill |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Arfs.jpg |
| media:img | Birdwing.svg |
| media:img | Buteo buteo primary secondary.jpg |
| media:img | Casuarius casuarius - double-wattled cassowary.jpg |
| media:img | Corvus-01.jpg |
| media:img | EulenfederTeil3.jpg |
| media:img | Haliaeetus leucocephalus7 (softeis).jpg |
| media:img | Haliaeetus leucogaster overhead imm.jpg |
| media:img | Male mallard flight03 - natures pics.jpg |
| media:img | Milvus milvus R(ThKraft).jpg |
| media:img | Pin-tailed wydah.jpg |
| media:img | Ringing 07 Measuring wing.jpg |
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