BASTARD WING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastard wing mean? 

• BASTARD WING (noun)
  The noun BASTARD WING has 1 sense:

1. tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing

  Familiarity information: BASTARD WING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTARD WING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

alula; bastard wing; spurious wing

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))