Phrase guide

flight feather

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any asymmetrical feather of the wing or tail of a bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pinion, quill, quill feather

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feather, plume, plumage

Narrower terms: primary, primary feather, primary quill, tail feather

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: rèmige — wing or tail feather
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飛羽 /飞羽 (fēiyǔ) — wing or tail feather
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撥風羽 /拨风羽 (bōfēngyǔ) — wing or tail feather
  • Dutch: slagpen — wing or tail feather
  • Finnish: lentosulka — wing or tail feather
  • French: rémige — wing or tail feather
  • German: Flugfeder — wing or tail feather
  • German: Schwungfeder — wing or tail feather
  • Italian: penna remigante — wing or tail feather
  • Italian: remigante — wing or tail feather
  • Occitan: remige — wing or tail feather
  • Old Tupi: pepó — wing or tail feather
  • Polish: lotka — wing or tail feather
  • Portuguese: remígio — wing or tail feather
  • Russian: ма́ховое перо́ (máxovoje peró) — wing or tail feather
  • Spanish: rémige — wing or tail feather
  • Spanish: remera — wing or tail feather