Noun:

समोच्च पंख,

contour feather's Usage Examples:

sarysuensis, is known only from an isolated of isolated, asymmetrical contour feather.

A study on the isolated contour feather from the Eocene Fur Formation (Denmark), indicating presence of melanosomes.

They draw each contour feather through their bill, nibbling it from base to tip.

distal and proximal barbules produce a closed, pennaceous vane (a contour feather).

sarysuensis, is known only from an isolated of isolated, asymmetrical contour feather.

feathers on the legs; some of these feathers seem to have a basic contour feather structure, but are somewhat decomposed (they lack barbicels as in ratites).

A pseudoscorpion attached to barbules of a contour feather, possibly documenting a phoretic association between pseudoscorpions.

Anterior region of a contour feather from a rock pigeon, visualized using scanning electron microscopy.

The anatomy of a contour feather.

attached and sprouting from near the same point of the skin as each contour feather, at least on a bird"s head, neck and trunk.

"Shaggy" contour feathers probably influenced thermoregulatory and water repellence abilities, and, in combination with open-vaned wing feathers, would have.

Synonyms:

plume, feather, plumage,

Antonyms:

dress down, underdress, undercharge, dirty,