spurious wing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spurious wing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spurious wing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurious wing n tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing Synonym(s): bastard wing, alula, spurious wing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spurious \Spu"rious\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"riously}, adv. -- {Spu"rious*ness}, n.