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

The plumage is intense black, with the inner webs of the remiges at their base white, but the wing-band, which is over an inch in breadth, shows only when the bird flies.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

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

It is a very pretty bird; the upper plumage is grey tinged with rufous, the throat pure dark grey, breast and belly rufous, wing-coverts light silvery grey, remiges and rectrices dark.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

The remiges remain sheathed, but the body feathers emerge from the tips of the sheaths.

From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Glen E. Woolfenden

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