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flight feather

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flight feather [′flīt ‚fethยทər]
(vertebrate zoology)
Any of the long contour feathers on the wing of a bird. Also known as remex.


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5 for each 10-fold increase in mass, until 56 days are required to replace a single flight feather in a 10-kg bird.
Called quill knobs, the bumps reveal where bone-connecting tissue (called ligaments) attaches major flight feathers to the bone.
Jonathan said: "He was aggressive because of the way he'd been treated and all the flight feathers in his wings and his tail feathers were snapped.
 
 
 
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