bastard wing

English

Location of the alula on a bird's wing

Noun

bastard wing (plural bastard wings)

1. A tuft of feathers borne by the bony thumb-like structure in a bird's wing; alula.

Translations

tuft of feathers

• Catalan: alot (ca) m
• Finnish: pikkusiipi, alula
• Portuguese: álula f
• Russian: кры́лышко (ru) f (krýlyško), прида́точное крыло́ n (pridátočnoje kryló)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgiath mhealltach
• Ukrainian: прида́ткове кри́льце (prydátkove krýlʹce)