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Delicate hair-like feathers which remain sparsely distributed over the body are

  • coverts

  • filoplumes

  • plumules

  • remiges

Solution

B.

filoplumes

Filoplumes are hair- like feathers with a few soft barbs near the tip. They are associated with contour feathers and may be sensory or decorative in function.

Coverts is a feather covering the base of a main flight or tail feather of a bird.

Plumules is a bird's down feather, numbers of which form an insulating layer under the contour feathers.

Remiges are long, stiff, aymmetrically shaped but symmetrically paired feathers on the wings or tails of a bird.

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