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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

Bird feathers are amazingly complex. Each feather is made from the protein Keratin. While keratin also makes up snake and lizard scales, it is a slightly different compound in birds. [...] One of the reasons bird feathers are so complex is that each feather is made up of many different parts.

Key term(s)
  • feathers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
CONT

La plume, élément caractéristique de la classe des oiseaux, est une production tégumentaire complexe constituée de β-kératine.

CONT

Les plumes les plus longues des ailes et de la queue sont appelées pennes ou plumes de contour. Il existe deux grands groupes de pennes, les rémiges et les rectrices.

Key term(s)
  • plumes

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

Feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird.

DEF

Small contour feathers that overlie or underlie the bases of the main flight feathers and cover the rest of the wing or tail.

OBS

"Tectrices" is the plural form of "tectrix".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Plumes courtes recouvrant les rémiges des ailes et la base de la queue plumeuse.

DEF

Petites plumes de contour recouvrant la base des rémiges et des rectrices ainsi que le reste des ailes et de la queue, sur le dessus comme sur le dessous.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
DEF

Plumas cortas que reciben las alas de las aves.

Key term(s)
  • tetrice
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Record 3 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Bird Watching (Hobbies)
DEF

In the general sense, all plumage that is not adult plumage. In the more specific sense, the first plumage in which contour feathers (tectrices, remiges and rectrices) are present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Observation des oiseaux (Passe-temps)
DEF

Au sens général, tout plumage qui n’ est pas celui de l'adulte. Au sens plus spécifique, premier plumage comportant des plumes de contour(tectrices, rémiges et rectrices).

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Zoology
CONT

Contour feathers Feathers: giving the bird its distinctive outline; they comprise the tectrices, remiges, and rectrices but not the down, vibrissae, filoplumes, semiplumes, and powder feathers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Zoologie
CONT

Plumes de contour Plumes : donnant à l'oiseau sa silhouette particulière; elles comprennent les tectrices, les rémiges et les rectrices, mais non le duvet, les vibrisses, les filoplumes, les semiplumes et le duvet poudreux.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

A general term for a young bird from the time it acquires juvenile plumage, or its first plumage of true contour feathers, until it acquires full adult plumage. It does not connote sexual immaturity unless so specified because immatures of some species may be capable of breeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Terme général utilisé pour désigner un jeune oiseau entre le moment où il acquiert son plumage juvénile, c'est-à-dire son premier plumage comportant des plumes de contour, et celui où il a acquis entièrement son plumage adulte. Se dit habituellement d’un oiseau qui n’ a pas atteint la maturité sexuelle.

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production
DEF

Any dwarf or miniature breed of domestic fowl.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

Les poules naines existent depuis plusieurs siècles. Selon les sources de renseignements disponibles, les premières volailles naines importées en Amérique provenaient de la région de Bantam, dans les Indes orientales néerlandaises, et c'est de là que leur est probablement venu leur nom.(...) On trouve un grand nombre de races Bantam qui varient beaucoup d’après le type de leur corps, le contour de leur plumage et la coloration de leurs plumes.

Spanish

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