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remex

[ ree-meks ]

noun

Ornithology.
plural remiges
  1. one of the flight feathers of the wing.


remex

/ ˈriËmÉ›ks; rɪˈmɪdʒɪəl /

noun

  1. any of the large flight feathers of a bird's wing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • remigial, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù±ð·³¾¾±²µÂ·¾±Â·²¹±ô [ri-, mij, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of remex1

1665–75; < Latin °ùŧ³¾±ð³æ oarsman, equivalent to °ùŧ³¾ ( us ) oar + -eg- combining form of agere to drive, do ( act ) + -s nominative singular ending
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of remex1

C18: from Latin: a rower, from °ùŧ³¾us oar
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Example Sentences

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Business is expanding “at a robust rateâ€, says Keith Kettelkamp, the boss of Remex, a debt collector based in New Jersey whose clients include banks, utilities and musical-instrument sellers.

From

Remex, rē′meks, n. one of the flight-feathers of a bird:—pl.

From

But the most remarkable fact in connexion with the pterylosis of the wing is the fact that in all, save the Passerine and Galliform types, and some few other isolated exceptions, the secondary series of remiges appears always to lack the fifth remex, counting from the wrist inwards, inasmuch as, when such wings are examined, there is always found, in the place of the fifth remex, a pair of major coverts only, while throughout the rest of the series each such pair of coverts embraces a quill.

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Cypseli.—Tenth terminal remex the longest.

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