- primary feather
- nounone of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing• Syn: ↑primary, ↑primary quill• Hypernyms: ↑flight feather, ↑pinion, ↑quill, ↑quill feather
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primary — [prī′mer΄ē, prī′mə rē] adj. [ME prymary < L primarius < primus, first: see PRIME] 1. first in time or order of development; primitive; original; earliest 2. from which others are derived; fundamental; elemental; basic 3. designating colors… … English World dictionary
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primary quill — noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird s wing • Syn: ↑primary, ↑primary feather • Hypernyms: ↑flight feather, ↑pinion, ↑quill, ↑quill feather * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
primary — primariness, n. /pruy mer ee, meuh ree/, adj., n., pl. primaries. adj. 1. first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life. 2. first in order in any series, sequence, etc. 3. first in time; earliest; primitive.… … Universalium
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primary — /ˈpraɪmri / (say pruymree), /ˈpraɪməri / (say pruymuhree) adjective 1. first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal. 2. first in order in any series, sequence, etc. 3. first in time; earliest; primitive. 4. constituting, or belonging… …
Feather — For other uses, see Feather (disambiguation). Feather variations Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and some theropod dinosaurs. They are considered the most complex… … Wikipedia
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