coverts in English

noun
1
a thicket in which game can hide.
I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts .
2
any of the feathers covering the bases of the main flight or tail feathers of a bird.
The flight feathers are black, and the upper tail coverts and rump area are cobalt blue.

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1. The feathers supposed to be under carpal remex coverts probably do not belong to this transversal row. d) The alula is relatively large and consists of 4 quills with their 4 greater upper coverts and 2–3 reversed under coverts.

2. He can Capably hunt bobwhite quail and pheasants in the brushy coverts.

3. The rest of the body is grey, with olive wing coverts and collar.

4. There seems to be a reverse correlation between the development of the middle primary coverts and the size of the alula. g) Lesser upper primary coverts are absent; the lesser upper cubital coverts are arranged in up to 4 or 5 rows. h) The humerals are termed “pennae humerales” in this paper.

5. Loots and coverts the heavy Breastings of this black woman who we live in

6. Synonyms for Coppices include thickets, copses, coverts, brakes, brushwood, boscage, woodland, groves, chaparrals and underwoods

7. The peacock’s long tail coverts, dotted with sparkling eyespots, are of different lengths, enabling them to form a perfectly shaped fan.

8. The Canvasback adult male has a chestnut head, a notably long, sloping, blackish bill, a black chest and under tail coverts, and a white body

9. The tail coverts are even longer than those of the male Indian peafowl, but are shorter than those of the Arguses

10. 1893, Ambrose Bierce, Can Such Things Be?: The dust in the road was laid; trees were Adrip with moisture; birds sat silent in their coverts; the morning light was wan and ghastly [ …]

11. Red Avadavat: This small, active finch native to South Asia is bright red overall with small white spots, brown wings, black tail with red upper tail coverts, black lores, white crescent below each eye, red bill, and pink legs and feet

12. Red Avadavat: This small, active finch native to South Asia is bright red overall with small white spots, brown wings, black tail with red upper tail coverts, black lores, white crescent below each eye, red bill, and pink legs and feet

13. Red Avadavat: This small, active finch native to South Asia is bright red overall with small white spots, brown wings, black tail with red upper tail coverts, black lores, white crescent below each eye, red bill, and pink legs and feet

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