remexn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛmɛks/,

/ˈriːmɛks/, U.S.

/ˈrɛˌmɛks/,

/ˈriˌmɛks/

Inflections: Plural remiges Brit.

/ˈrɛmɪdʒiːz/, U.S.

/ˈrɛmɪˌdʒiz/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rēmig-, rēmex.

Etymology: < classical Latin rēmig-, rēmex rower < rēmus oar (see reme n.¹) + a second element < the stem of agere (see act v.).

†1. A person who rows a boat; a rower. Obsolete. rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman

rowera1382

oarman1589

oar1648

remex1674

oarsman1701

puller1824

oarer1924

sweep-swinger1949

1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 57 If one Remex or Skuller move [a boat of]..3 inches draught 12000 feet forward in 3600 seconds: then 4 like Rowers [etc.].

2. Ornithology. Each of the flight feathers of a bird's wing; a primary or secondary feather. Usually in plural. Cf. rectrix n. 3, remicle n.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > primary feather(s)

flags1486

pinion feather1486

pinion1545

pen-feather1602

quill feather1678

remexa1705

flight1735

flight-feather1735

primary1776

rower1835

remicle1887

pen plume1899

a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 248 The Feathers of the Wings above the Remiges.

1767 G. White Let. 4 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 34 Peculiar crimson tags..at the ends of five of the short remiges.

1887 Athenæum 16 Apr. 517/3 The absence..of the fifth cubital remex, its coverts only being developed.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xvi. 434 The remiges, or wing-quills, have the inner or posterior half of the vane much broader than the outer or anterior half.

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vi. 146 Most prominent is a long row of large feathers along the back of the ‘forearm’ and ‘hand’, the remiges, which form the wing surface.

2002 Racing Pigeon Pict. Internat. Aug. 16/2 The flight feathers include the remiges of the wing and the retrices [sic] of the tail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remex
释义	remexn. Brit. /ˈrɛmɛks/, /ˈriːmɛks/, U.S. /ˈrɛˌmɛks/, /ˈriˌmɛks/ Inflections: Plural remiges Brit. /ˈrɛmɪdʒiːz/, U.S. /ˈrɛmɪˌdʒiz/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin rēmig-, rēmex. Etymology: < classical Latin rēmig-, rēmex rower < rēmus oar (see reme n.¹) + a second element < the stem of agere (see act v.). †1. A person who rows a boat; a rower. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > rower or oarsman rowera1382 oarman1589 oar1648 remex1674 oarsman1701 puller1824 oarer1924 sweep-swinger1949 1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 57 If one Remex or Skuller move [a boat of]..3 inches draught 12000 feet forward in 3600 seconds: then 4 like Rowers [etc.]. 2. Ornithology. Each of the flight feathers of a bird's wing; a primary or secondary feather. Usually in plural. Cf. rectrix n. 3, remicle n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > feather(s) on > primary feather(s) flags1486 pinion feather1486 pinion1545 pen-feather1602 quill feather1678 remexa1705 flight1735 flight-feather1735 primary1776 rower1835 remicle1887 pen plume1899 a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 248 The Feathers of the Wings above the Remiges. 1767 G. White Let. 4 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 34 Peculiar crimson tags..at the ends of five of the short remiges. 1887 Athenæum 16 Apr. 517/3 The absence..of the fifth cubital remex, its coverts only being developed. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xvi. 434 The remiges, or wing-quills, have the inner or posterior half of the vane much broader than the outer or anterior half. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vi. 146 Most prominent is a long row of large feathers along the back of the ‘forearm’ and ‘hand’, the remiges, which form the wing surface. 2002 Racing Pigeon Pict. Internat. Aug. 16/2 The flight feathers include the remiges of the wing and the retrices [sic] of the tail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674
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