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flight feather

–noun Ornithology.
one of the large, stiff feathers of the wing and tail of a bird that are essential to flight.

Origin:
1725–35
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flight feather  
n.  Any of the comparatively large, stiff feathers of a bird's wing or tail that are necessary for flight.
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