wing covert

American

noun

Ornithology.

any of the feathers concealing the bases of a bird's wing feathers.

wing covert British

noun

any of the covert feathers of the wing of a bird, occurring in distinct rows

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Etymology

Origin of wing covert

First recorded in 1805–15

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