upperpart

Any of the upper parts of a bird, including the mantle, back, rump and upper part of the tail coverts

Noun

  1. Any of the upper parts of a bird, including the mantle, back, rump and upper part of the tail coverts
    • Upperparts of back and tail and outerside of legs a reddish brown grey with a silvery tinge, turning towards the nape to a rich red; - 1885, Hermann Schlegel, Fredericus Anna Jentink, Notes from the Royal Zoological...

Origin

From upper + part.

Forms

upperparts

Antonyms

underpart