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Aerodynamic Avian Arsenal Decoded
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- 1. Covered with epidermal appendages for lift and insulation
- 2. Process of aligning flight feathers during molting
- 4. Order including owls, nocturnal aerial predators
- 8. Instinctive, deeply felt—akin to hunting reflexes
- 10. Airflow pattern enhancing lift at wing tips
- 11. Clawed grasp crucial for avian predation
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- 3. Rising air currents exploited by soaring birds
- 5. Small falcon famous for hovering hunting style
- 6. Streamlined trait reducing drag in flight
- 7. Relating to rapid, gust-like wingbeats (play on 'gust')
- 9. Pertaining to birds of prey, sharp and swift
- 12. Rapid succession assault, as a bevy of birds attack
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