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remex

American

[ree-meks] / ˈri mɛks /

noun

Ornithology.

one of the flight feathers of the wing.

remex British

/ ˈriːmɛks, rɪˈmɪdʒɪəl /

noun

any of the large flight feathers of a bird's wing

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Other Word Forms

remigial

adjective

Etymology

Origin of remex

1665–75; < Latin rēmex oarsman, equivalent to rēm ( us ) oar + -eg- combining form of agere to drive, do ( see act) + -s nominative singular ending

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