Definition of Remiges. Meaning of Remiges. Synonyms of Remiges

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Definition of Remiges

Remiges
Remiges Rem"i*ges (r?m"?*j?z), n. pl.; sing. Remex. (r?"m?ks). [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zo["o]l.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Meaning of Remiges from wikipedia

- known as the postpatagium helps to hold and support the remiges in place. Corresponding remiges on individual birds are symmetrical between the two wings...
- primary remiges and at least another six secondary remiges (see Figure 3A). While "****ed" tsts one-day-old chicks have normal primary remiges but only...
- laborious travel. Their mobility is reduced due to the lack of several remiges or rectrices or these are not entirely renewed. Most of the red-winged...
- almost entirely bright white, except for the black primary and secondary remiges, which are hardly visible except in flight. From early spring until after...
- or a preen gland. C****owaries have small wings with five or six large remiges. These are reduced to stiff, keratinous quills, resembling porcupine quills...
- mostly bright yellow, hence its common name, but it also possesses green remiges. It lives in the drier, upland rainforests in Amazonian Brazil, and is...
- Plumage almost entirely white, except for black primary and secondary remiges only visible in flight. Monotypic. Breeds in inland Canada and United States...
- synapomorphies that diagnose Maniraptora. Modern pennaceous feathers and remiges are known in the advanced maniraptoran group Aviremigia. More primitive...
- the secondary and tertiary remiges are pure grey, the latter contrasting with the brown forewing and the black primary remiges at the wingtips. The upperside...
- wing edges (vertical remiges), curved tail feathers, legs at an acute angle 15th century: wing edges pointing upward (radiating remiges), more ornate tail...