remex

American  

[ree-meks] / ˈri mɛks /

noun

Ornithology.

• remiges
  plural

1. one of the flight feathers of the wing.

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remex British  

/ ˈriːmɛks /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• remigial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• remiges
  plural

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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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Example Sentences

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remiges

Its plumage is brighter and more glossy green and copper than bronzy-brown; it also differs from M. gallopavo in having far whiter remiges and a blue head decorated with orange, wart-like nodules.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 16, 2013

Some remiges first ruptured the feather sheath on the 14th day; nearly all of the primaries ruptured the sheaths by the 19th day and the secondaries by the 20th day.

From The Postnatal Development of Two Broods of Great Horned Owls Bubo virginianus by Donald F. Hoffmeister

With eleven remiges, of which the terminal very short.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Altogether seventeen remiges are represented, of which seven correspond to primaries.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The plumage of the remiges of the wings of every species of owl that I have yet examined is remarkably soft and pliant.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

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