HyperDic: bastard_wing

English > 1 sense of the expression bastard wing:
NOUNanimalbastard wing, alula, spurious wingtuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
English > bastard wing: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing.
Synonymsalula, spurious wing
Part ofwingA movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
Broaderfeather, plume, plumageThe light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Spanishalula

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