rachis

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Each leaflet may have its own stalk, but is attached to the rachis.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In all modern feathers, the central shaft or rachis is a hollow tube.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2018

Most modern bird feathers have a central shaft called a rachis; think of the ink rod in a quill pen.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2016

Their structure suggests that the two finest tiers of branching in modern feathers, known as barbs and barbules, arose before the rachis formed.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2016

It had a magenta rachis down the center with soft green vanes that shimmered yellow and purple and blue depending on how you turned it.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee