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flight feather
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flight feather [′flīt ‚feth·ər]
(vertebrate zoology)
Any of the long contour feathers on the wing of a bird. Also known as remex.
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Pinching off syndrome (POS) is a feather abnormality in which all remiges and retrices become malformed and are lost during the nestling stage, rendering the bird unable to fly.
Pinching off syndrome in free-ranging white-tailed sea eagles ... by Muller, Kerstin; Altenkamp, Rainer; Brunnberg, Leo; Fasungova, Lucia; Freymann, Hubert; Frolich, Kai / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Before release, all birds were marked with fingernail polish on the tarsus and retrices to prevent repeated sampling of the same bird within a short period.
Antibody prevalence of West Nile virus in birds, Illinois, 2002 by Novak, Robert J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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