Sentence examples for long crest from inspiring English sources

Most noticeable are the long crest feathers that protrude backward from the top of the head.

When perched, it may quietly flash its long crest open and shut.

Identification is generally straightforward: adults have rich rufous neck sides, heavily barred underparts, a banded tail, and a long crest.

E. p. albicollis: Head, throat, and the very long crest are a "buffy gray" (Isler and Isler 1999).

E. p. affinis: Long crest, but shorter than E. p. cristata and E. p. penicillata and with less white on the tips, paler throat (Isler and Isler 1999, Restall et al. 2006).

Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), species of crested penguin (genus Eudyptes, order Sphenisciformes) characterized by a large reddish orange bill, a black face and chin, and a long crest of yellow-orange feathers that contrast with the black feathers on the head.

What's Cool: When the rockhopper penguins shake their heads, their distinctive long crests whirl around, which can make them very attractive to the opposite sex.

While P. walkeri and P. tubicen had long crests with only slight curvature, P. cyrtocristatus had a short crest with a more circular profile.

Wind tunnel tests showed that the crest did function as an effective counterbalance to a degree, but Bennett noted that again, the hypothesis focuses only on the long crests of male P. longiceps, not on the larger crests of P. sternbergi and very small crests that existed among the females.

The numerical results show that the maximum heave and surge motion responses occur in 0∘ wave heading in long-crest waves.

In this paper, numerical prediction of ship motion responses in long-crest irregular waves by the URANS-VOF method is presented.