AFTERSHAFT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("aftershaft" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

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