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Significats de flight feather en anglès

portuguès
pluma
català
rèmige

Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird.

        rèmige
        rus
        маховые перья
        portuguès
        penas de voo
        espanyol
        pluma de vuelo
        català
        ploma de vol

        Long, stiff, feathers on the wings or tail of a bird that aid in the generation of lift and thrust.

              ploma de vol
              Ús de flight feather en anglès
              1
              You need the middle of the flight feather, where the feather is strong.
              Radio NZ
              2
              Elrick was already wrenching out the long flight feathers from Saekrae's wing.
              The dark griffin
              3
              Small birds follow larger egg and nestling eaters, attacking their flight feathers.
              The Guardian
              4
              The crosshilts were fashioned as raven wings, flight feathers partially spread.
              Watcher of the Dead
              5
              Examination of their flight feathers reveals each bird's minimum age.
              BBC
              6
              Ardemun even found the ground nest of a golden eagle and brought back some good flight feathers.
              The Plains of Passage
              7
              We found a few charred arrows with traces of red flight feathers and a confused scattering of hoof-prints.
              Act of will
              8
              Feathers were found on the specimen but it lacked the large flight feathers of birds and their closest relatives.
              BBC
              9
              His tunic strained at the seams, and grease in his over-coiffed hair had attracted stray filaments from the arrows' flight feathers.
              A Fortress of Grey Ice
              10
              If any of the chickens persist in flying out we must clip the flight feathers of their wings (one wing, not both).
              Outdoor Sports and Games
              11
              She molts her flight feathers shortly after she starts to lay eggs, so if he should disappear, all the nestlings and the female will die.
              Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation