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SPURIOUS WING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spurious wing mean?
• SPURIOUS WING (noun)
The noun SPURIOUS WING has 1 sense:
1. tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
Familiarity information: SPURIOUS WING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
alula; bastard wing; spurious wing
Hypernyms ("spurious wing" is a kind of...):
feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)
Holonyms ("spurious wing" is a part of...):
wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))
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