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

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

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

Forming a vast expansion of the bony and fleshy framework are the quills, or flight-feathers, called collectively the "remiges."

From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser

Finally, the lower parts, abdomen, sides, and thighs, are pale gray, and the remiges and retrices are black.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various

The remiges are thirteen in number, four of which answer to primaries.

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

Bear patiently, therefore, with his scattered remiges, and be not hasty with your charge of irreverence before the story is read.

From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells