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Meaning of "wing covert" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WING COVERT

wing covert


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WING COVERT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wing covert is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WING COVERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Covert feather

A covert feather or tectrix on a bird is one of a set of feathers, called coverts, which as the name implies, cover other feathers. The coverts help to smooth airflow over the wings and tail.

Definition of wing covert in the English dictionary

The definition of wing covert in the dictionary is any of the covert feathers of the wing of a bird, occurring in distinct rows.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WING COVERT

wing · wing and wing · wing back · wing beat · wing bow · wing case · wing chair · wing collar · wing commander · wing flap · wing it · wing loading · wing mirror · wing nut · wing shot · wing three-quarter · wing tip · wing-case · wing-footed · wing-forward

WORDS THAT END LIKE WING COVERT

advert · avert · Calvert · controvert · convert · couvert · covert · discovert · divert · extrovert · feme covert · introvert · invert · overt · pervert · retrovert · revert · tail covert · undercovert · vert

Synonyms and antonyms of wing covert in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wing covert» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of wing covert to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of wing covert from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wing covert» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

翼秘密
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

ala encubierta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

wing covert
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गुप्त पंख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجناح السري
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

крыло скрытой
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

asa secreta
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উইং গোপন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

aile secrète
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Rahsia sayap
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Flügel verdeckte
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

秘密の翼
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

비밀 날개
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Tutupan swiwi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cánh ngầm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ரைட் இரகசியமாக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

विंग गुप्त
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kanat gizli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

wing covert
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skrzydło ukryta
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

крило прихованої
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

aripă sub acoperire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πτέρυγα συγκεκαλυμμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vleuel geheime
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vinge covert
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fløyen skjult
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WING COVERT»

Discover the use of wing covert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wing covert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Account Of An Expedition From Pittsburgh To The Rocky ...
Head and new bluish-green;baclc brownish black, more or lessintermixed with blue and alittle brown ferruginous; rump pure blue; smaller wing covert: dull blue, brown at base, and tipped with white forming a band;grea,ter wing covert: ...
Edwin James, 1823
2
Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Volume 6
After the experimental stage of no. 2 (fig. 9), folded wings of standing birds show sharp angles in wing bars (see fig. 4c) and, generally, in single wing—covert divisions. There is a single line marking the transition from bill to head, and the jaw ...
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2000
3
The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
It lacks the male's large white wing-covert patch; instead, the wing-covert feathers are dark brown, narrowly but obviously fringed with white (thus forming a subdued patch). The underwings appear rather dusky. The tertials are blackish with ...
Keith Vinicombe, 2014
4
New Holland Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia
(d) Juvenile: Narrower whitish edges to mantle/ scapulars, clear whitish-buff wing -covert/tertial fringes, voice Quieter than Pintail/Common, May call similarly to Pintail, but perhaps slightly less hoarse, rather thinner and quite nasal, with a slight ...
Craig Robson, Richard Allen, 2005
5
Malcolm Greenhalghs Flyfishers Handbook
... brown Underbody - lead wire Tail - 2 brown goose biots Abdomen - rabbit fur dyed brown-olive Rib - fine copper wire Thorax - as abdomen Wing cases - burnt wing cases, lacquered black Legs - woodcock upper wing covert Beaver Stonefly  ...
Malcolm Greenhalgh, Malcolm Greenhalgh and Denys Ovenden, 2004
6
Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species
P: Primary S: Secondary TS: Trailing Secondary T: Tail WC: Wing Covert MC: Marginal Wing Covert UNWC: Under-wing Covert UPTC: Upper-tail Covert UNTC : Under-tail Covert SC: Scapular CR: Crest/Crown BR: Breast BE: Belly NA: Nape  ...
Shannon David Scott, Casey McFarland, 2010
7
Sasol Birds of Prey of Africa and Its Islands
84) (generally paler; long, slender legs; yellow eyes; rounded nostril; loose nape feathers; unbarred flight feathers; juvenile with small, pale wing-covert spots and pale nape-patch), Greater Spotted Eagle (p. 86) (generally darker; long, slender ...
Alan Kemp, M. Kemp, 2006
8
The Zoological Miscellany ...
Body red-foxy ; lores blackish ; wing and tail olive- brown ; wing-covert, quills, and tail red-edged, inner edge of quills, and under wing-covert white ; bill short, triangular, conic, tip straight, acute, whitish ; feet brown ; tarsus 9 lines Mr. Bloxam  ...
John Edward Gray, 1831
9
Birding in the American West: A Handbook
After arriving on the wintering grounds, they resume molting their flight feathers and begin the molt of head, body, tail, and wing covert feathers into definitive basic plumage. The primary molt is completed in January with the replacement of the ...
Kevin J. Zimmer, 2000
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Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, ...
Téctrices majbres, largest wing-covert! (1.) . Téctrices mbdizc, middle wing- coverts (u) . Téctrices minbres, smallest wing-covert! (N) . PrimArie, quills (P) Rémiges, rowers into 7 parts. ) (Q . A'lula lporla, bastard wing (fig. 52. u) glU'bulOI -A 6.
‎1829
REFERENCE
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