flight feather

English

Noun

flight feather (plural flight feathers)

(ornithology) Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.

Hyponyms

primary, rectrix, remex, secondary, tertial

Related terms

feather

Translations

wing feather

Catalan: rèmige
Dutch: slagpen (nl) f
Finnish: lentosulka
French: rémige (fr) f
German: Flugfeder f, Schwungfeder (de) f
Italian: penna remigante f, remigante (it) m
Occitan: remige f
Old Tupi: pepó
Polish: lotka (pl) f
Portuguese: remígio m
Spanish: rémige (es) f, remera (es) f

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