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Angel wing

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Angel wing, also known as airplane wing, slipped wing, crooked wing, and drooped wing, is a syndrome that affects primarily aquatic birds, such as geese and ducks, in which the last joint of the wing is twisted with the wing feathers pointing out laterally, instead of lying against the body. [1]

16 relations: Budgerigar, Bustard, Calorie, Carpal bones, Conure, Duck, Feather, Flight feather, Goose, Goshawk, Macaw, Manganese, Parrot, Protein, Vitamin D, Vitamin E.

Budgerigar

The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common parakeet or shell parakeet and usually informally nicknamed the budgie, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot.

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Bustard

Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World.

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Calorie

A calorie is a unit of energy.

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Carpal bones

The carpal bones are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (or carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm.

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Conure

Conures are a diverse, loosely defined group of small to medium-sized parrots.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the waterfowl family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese.

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Feather

Feathers are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and other, extinct species' of dinosaurs.

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Flight feather

Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the wings or tail of a bird; those on the wings are called remiges, singular remex, while those on the tail are called rectrices, singular rectrix.

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Goose

Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae.

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Goshawk

Goshawk may refer to several species of birds of prey, mainly in the genus Accipiter.

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Macaw

Macaws are long-tailed, often colorful New World parrots.

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Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25.

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Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and multiple other biological effects.

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Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a group of eight compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols.

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Angel Wing, Slipped Wing.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_wing

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