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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spurious wing
spurious wing
n : tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's
wing [syn:
bastard wing,
alula]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spurious wing
Spurious
\Spu"ri*ous\ (sp[=u]"r[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L. spurius.]
1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate.
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2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
“Her
spurious firstborn.” --Milton.
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Spurious primary, or
Spurious quill (Zo["o]l.), the
first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
Spurious wing (Zo["o]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
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Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
fictitious; bastard.
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Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
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