wing covert

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noun Ornithology.

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

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Origin of wing covert

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby wing covert

wing bow, wing case, wing chair, wing collar, wing commander, wing covert, wing dam, wing-ding, winge, winged, winged bean

How to use wing covert in a sentence

To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the West.
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He sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
Rush Limbaugh’s Fear of a Black James Bond|Dean Obeidallah|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Kulahu strike was part of a widening covert war being waged by Iran inside Pakistan.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
As it was he had to press Nejdi into a fast gallop before he could clear the left wing of the advancing army.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The male Black Redstart has also a white patch on the wing caused by the pale, nearly white, margins of the feathers.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
I watched him wing his god-like way up through the still, soft air till he was lost to view.
Uncanny Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for wing covert

wing covert

noun

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

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