false primary
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.44 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on a bird's wing.
Example Sentences
- "The false primary about one third the length of the first, which is shorter than the fourth."
- "These Owls, in conjunction with some other species of their kind, have a marked peculiarity—i.e., the outer barbs of the first true primary and of the first false primary feathers have no barbules."
- "A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out in soft quills from the end of his fingers and quickly grew. His secondaries sprouted along his forearm, and a charming little false primary sprang from the end of each thumb."