Definition of Primary feather

1. Noun. One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing.

Exact synonyms: Primary, Primary Quill
Generic synonyms: Flight Feather, Pinion, Quill, Quill Feather

Lexicographical Neighbors of Primary Feather

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primary censorship
primary cilia
primary cilium
primary coil
primary color
primary colors
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primary data
primary dentition
primary dysmenorrhea
primary education
primary election
primary energy
primary feather (current term)
primary health care
primary hypothermia
primary immunodeficiency
primary industries
primary industry
primary key
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primary market
primary offense
primary offenses
primary phosphine
primary producer
primary production
primary quill

Literary usage of Primary feather

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"MOLT (primary feather cext to axial feather renewed) — Estimated date stopped laying 23 October. Second year record 186 eggs 7 A TWENTY-FOUR WEEK MOLT (Ten ..."

2. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"In the true falcons, the albatross, swift, swallow, and humming-bird, the first primary feather is longest and strongest. In the gannet, wild duck, goose, ..."

3. Design in Nature: Illustrated by Spiral and Other Arrangements in the by James Bell Pettigrew (1908)
"primary feather of the wing of the swan, seen from above and edgeways, to show the spiral ... A primary feather is, in a way, a diminutive and perfect wing. ..."

4. Illustrated Natural History for Young People by John George Wood (1882)
"The length of the bird is nearly six inches; the third .primary feather is the longest. ... The fourth or fifth primary feather is the longest. ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1857)
"... 4 lines ; total 2 inches ; longest primary feather, 5y inches. ... the longest primary feather, 12 inches ; the length of the bones, 13 inches. ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"... I am strongly of the opinion that it is a primary feather from a wing. Its quill has a length of about 4 cm., and the vane about 7.3 cm. ..."

7. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"To the back of the slab was tied a bunch of seed-grass, a long primary feather, and a breath feather. Upon the rim of the slab on each side, at three equal ..."

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