contour feather

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A wing feather and a contour feather of an ordinary and a silky fowl.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall

This occurs because the development of the contour feather begins before that of the mesoptyles has completed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

Of what use are the hooklets on the barbules?State and explain the peculiar position of the shaft of the primary feather; of that of a contour feather.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic