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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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The whistle is probably produced by the vibration of an unusually slender primary feather in the pigeon's wingtip, they say.
With increasing body size, the length of the primary feathers increases as the one-third power of mass, approximately doubling with each 10-fold increase in mass.
Historically, social norms for the traditional marriage bear dictated that the wife adapt to the husband's lifestyle and career and be the primary feather caretaker of the home and children.
 
 
 
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