re·mex
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Audio Help [ree-meks] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural rem·i·ges
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Audio Help [rem-i-jeez] Pronunciation Key. Ornithology. | one of the flight feathers of the wing. |
[Origin: 1665–75; < L rémex oarsman, equiv. to rém(us) oar + -eg- comb. form of agere to drive, do (see act) + -s nom. sing. ending
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n. pl. rem·i·ges (rěm'ə-jēz') A quill or flight feather of a bird's wing. [Latin rēmex, rēmig-, rower : rēmus, oar; see erə- in Indo-European roots + agere, to drive; see act.] re·mig'i·al (rĭ-mĭj'ē-əl) adj. |
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Remiges
Rem"i*ges\ (r?m"?*j?z), n. pl.; sing. Remex. (r?"m?ks). [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zo["o]l.) The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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