bastard wing
Definitions
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WordNet 3.6
- n bastard wing tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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- Bastard wing (Zoöl) three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mammalia; the alula.
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Quotations
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“Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?”
Usage
In literature:
Wing 3.8 inches, tail 2.6, culmen 0.85, tarsus 1.07, bastard primary 0.8.
"Trees. A Woodland Notebook" by Herbert Maxwell
Wing 3.8 inches, tail 2.6, culmen 0.85, tarsus 1.07, bastard primary 0.8.
"Extinct Birds" by Walter Rothschild
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In news:
Heartless Bastards Spread Stylistic Wings.
Heartless Bastards Spread Stylistic Wings.
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