Examples of 'flight feathers' in a sentence

Meaning of "flight feathers"

In ornithology, this phrase refers to the larger and longer primary and secondary feathers on a bird's wings, responsible for providing lift and aiding in flight. These feathers are crucial for a bird's ability to soar and maneuver through the air
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  • plural of flight feather

How to use "flight feathers" in a sentence

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The flight feathers are edged greenish or yellow.
The outer webs of flight feathers are blue.
Its flight feathers are a darker blue.
There is a white patch on the flight feathers.
His flight feathers could stick together.
The underside of the flight feathers are also barred.
The flight feathers are otherwise black.
Birds have blood feathers and flight feathers.
Tail and flight feathers have a distinct wrinkle.
The underwings are white with black flight feathers.
The primary flight feathers are rufous.
Flight feathers and tail are barred with brown.
Geese lose their flight feathers all at once.
I am just gonna cut a few primary flight feathers.
Flight feathers do not bleed.

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In flight the greenish yellow flight feathers are obvious.
The flight feathers and upperside of the tail are blue.
Penguins have lost their differentiated flight feathers.
The flight feathers and the tail feathers are barred.
I will cut primary flight feathers.
The flight feathers are thinly barred with a black edge.
We are going to cut their flight feathers.
The flight feathers are barred.
Note the extremely long flight feathers in the tail.
Its flight feathers are brown.
There are dark bars on the flight feathers and tail.
The primary flight feathers are bluish with brown edgings.
Its wings are grey with black primary flight feathers.
The primary flight feathers darken during the summer.
The long wings have black markings on the flight feathers.
The flight feathers are brilliant white crossed by a black bar.
There also are minor covert feathers overlying the flight feathers.
The flight feathers are blackish.
It has a buoyant acrobatic flight with widely spread flight feathers.
Their flight feathers are black.
The white patch on the primary flight feathers is also smaller.
Flight feathers are blue.
Primary flight feathers.
Flight feathers on the tail and wing also become black.
The wings are predominantly olive with outer flight feathers blue.
Having longer flight feathers on both its arms and legs.
Young birds have wider pale fringes on their flight feathers.
Flight feathers are also used by some species in visual displays.
Their fluffiness is because they lack the hooks of flight feathers.
Flight feathers are dark.
Only relatively small portions of the flight feathers are molted each year.
The tail and flight feathers are browner than those of the adult.
Very pale underwing coverts contrast with the dark flight feathers.
This flight feathers are usually partly hidden when the wings are at rest.
They have a white underbelly and their flight feathers are dark slate.

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