(feathers) Feathers connected to the forearm of a bird closer to the body than the primaries. Some birds can have as few as 6 secondaries (as in hummingbirds) or more than 40 (as in some species of albatross). Found on http://www.conservewildlifenj.org/glossary/
The feathers most proximal (just inside from the primary feathers; closer to the center of the body) on the wing are the largest surface area of the wing. Also called flags in the UK. Found on http://www.themodernapprentice.com/glossary.htm
New tumours, or metastases, which are formed because cancer cells from the original tumour have broken off and moved to other parts of the body.
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20878
Inner long flight feathers of the wing attached to the ulna ('arm'), which together with the primaries form the remiges (flight feathers). Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22222