BASTARD WING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing

Synonyms:

alula; bastard wing; spurious wing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bastard wing" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("bastard wing" is a part of...):

wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))

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