- A
covert feather or
tectrix on a bird is one of a set of feathers,
called coverts (or tectrices),
which cover other feathers. The
coverts help to smooth...
- protectorate, protectory, protectress, protectrix, protégé, protégée,
tectrix, tectum, tegmen, tegmental, tegula, tegular, tegument, tile, tog, toga...
- types: "longer,
rectrix guard hairs,
stiff at the base; the more
numerous tectrix barbed hairs forming the
major part of the coat,
which share a hair follicle...
- protectorate, protectory, protectress, protectrix, protégé, protégée,
tectrix, tectum, tegmen, tegmental, tegula, tegular, tegument, tile, tog, toga...
- obtect, protect, protection, protective, protector, protectorate, protégé,
tectrix, tectum, tegmen, tegmental, tegula, tegular, tegument, tile, toga tendō...
- Cybex's
interests and
publicly traded the company. In 1998,
Cybex acquired Tectrix, a California-based
manufacturer of
primarily bikes and steppers; the production...
-
layer of non-flight
feathers called covert feathers or
tectrices (singular
tectrix), at
least one
layer of them both
above and
beneath the
flight feathers...
-
continuous row of nuclei.
coverts Also,
covert feathers;
tectrices – singular:
tectrix. A
layer of non-flight
feathers overlaying and
protecting the
quills of...
-
olive color with
black surrounding the eyes and the base of the bill. The
tectrix (wing coverts) and
mantle of the bird are
slightly bronzed. Most of the...
