A feather covering the shoulder, growing above the region where the wing joins the body.
〔鸟〕肩羽
Example sentencesExamples
Focal knots were marked with a section of bright yellow or orange rubberized cloth, glued (with cyano-acrylate) to the back or scapular feathers.
Specimen MPEG no. 52755 also has a tiny whitish fringe on the outer web of two scapular feathers, and MPEG no. 52752 has a single albino crown feather.
Synonyms
plume, quill
Definition of scapular feather in US English:
scapular feather
noun
Ornithology
A feather covering the shoulder, growing above the region where the wing joins the body.
〔鸟〕肩羽
Example sentencesExamples
Specimen MPEG no. 52755 also has a tiny whitish fringe on the outer web of two scapular feathers, and MPEG no. 52752 has a single albino crown feather.
Focal knots were marked with a section of bright yellow or orange rubberized cloth, glued (with cyano-acrylate) to the back or scapular feathers.