Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
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- noun Plural form of
axillar .
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Examples
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The axillaries are the birds armpits which usually are unnoticeable on most birds excluding a few one of which is the robin.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Dresler101 2010
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The axillaries are the birds armpits which usually are unnoticeable on most birds excluding a few one of which is the robin.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Dresler101 2010
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The axillaries are the birds armpits which usually are unnoticeable on most birds excluding a few one of which is the robin.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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These include McCann's skink (Oligosoma maccanni), various encrusting lichens, small cushion plants (Raoulia spp.), willowherbs (Epilobium spp.), and prostrate shrubs like Muehlenbeckia axillaries.
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I think we should not become axillaries of justice, but we should do what we canto help.
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The bright yellow of the edge of the wings, under coverts and axillaries is seldom seen, on account of the extreme wariness of the bird.
Birds of the Rockies 1896
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[2]] Crest, axillaries, retrices, nape, mantle, scapulars, and wing coverts are some unusual names of the birds anatomy.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Dresler101 2010
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[2]] Crest, axillaries, retrices, nape, mantle, scapulars, and wing coverts are some unusual names of the birds anatomy.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010
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