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spurious wing
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Spurious wing
(gcide) | 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 (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.
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Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
fictitious; bastard.
[1913 Webster] -- Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
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spurious wing
(wn) | spurious wing
n 1: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's
wing [syn: bastard wing, alula, spurious wing] |
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