Aftershaft

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  • n. An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The hypoptilum.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In ornithology: A supplementary feather growing out of a feather; the hypoptilum.
  • n. The shaft of such a supplementary feather. Also called hyporachis.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plumage    plume    feather   
    Variant
    hypoptilum   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hypoptilum    hypotile   
     
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