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A supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds
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aftershaft
Word definitions for aftershaft in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context ornithology English) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypoptilum \Hy*pop"ti*lum\, n.; pl. L. Hypoptila , E. Hypoptilums . [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? down.] (Zo["o]l.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft . See Illust. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds
Usage examples of aftershaft.
Heedless of any archers whomight still be lurking in the trees, she sent shaft aftershaft at the swordsmen running at her, downingthree of them.