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flight feather
noun
- one of the large, stiff feathers of the wing and tail of a bird that are essential to flight.
flight feather
noun
- any of the large stiff feathers that cover the wings and tail of a bird and are adapted for flying
Word History and Origins
Origin of flight feather1
Example Sentences
Once they grew flight feathers, she started going up in a microlight, first for a one minute flight, then for twice that time the next day.
The ordeal had left Chi Chi a little beat up — scratched and missing one of her flight feathers — but she survived.
As Science News reports, the experiments showed that the angles of two wing joints have the biggest impact on the alignment of a wing's flight feathers.
Bald eagle chicks have a more than 50 percent mortality rate during their first year of life due to their flight feathers and their difficulty in retaining body heat.
It lacked the long, strong flight feathers characteristic of birds.
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