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Found 2 hits - Term: spurious wing, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spurious \spu"rious\ sp=u"ri^u^s, a. l. spurius.
   1. not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
      pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate.
      1913 webster

   2. not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "her spurious
      firstborn." --milton.
      1913 webster

   spurious primary, or spurious quill zool., the first,
      or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced
      in size, as in certain singing birds.

   spurious wing zool., the bastard wing, or alula.
      1913 webster

   syn: counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
        fictitious; bastard.
        1913 webster -- spu"riously, adv. --
        spu"riousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
spurious primary spurious quill spurious wing spu"riously spu"riousness 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spurious wing
     n : tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's
         wing syn: bastard wing, alula
see also:
bastard wing alula 

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