remiges

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remiges - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Remiges \Rem"i*ges\ (r?m"?*j?z), n. pl.; sing. Remex.
     (r?"m?ks). [L. remex, -igis, an oarsman.] (Zool.)
     The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.
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