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Aftershaft

Aftershaft Meaning & Definition
Aftershaft Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aftershaft?

[n] a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds

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See Also | feather | plumage | plume

Aftershaft In Webster's Dictionary

\Aft"er*shaft`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The hypoptilum.

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