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Noun Concept
Categories: Feathers, Bird anatomy
EN
bastard wing  alula  spurious wing  Alula feather  alula feathers
EN
Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing WordNet 3.0
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Tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The alula, or bastard wing, is a small projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds and a few non-avian dinosaurs. Wikipedia
A part of a bird's wing Wikipedia Disambiguation
part of a bird's wing Wikidata
A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. Wiktionary
A tuft of feathers borne by the bony thumb-like structure in a bird's wing; alula. Wiktionary
Tuft of feathers. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
feather
PART OF
wing
bird wing
ANATOMICAL LOCATION
thumb
DERIVATION
alular
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
bastard wing, alula, spurious wing
Wikipedia
EN
alula
Wikidata
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Alula
Wiktionary
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alula, bastard wing
Wikipedia Redirections
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Alula feather, alula feathers, Alulae, alular, Alular feather, Bastard wing
Wikidata Alias
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bastard wing

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