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AFTERSHAFT

Dictionary entry overview: What does aftershaft mean?

• AFTERSHAFT (noun)
The noun AFTERSHAFT has 1 sense:

1. a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds

Familiarity information: AFTERSHAFT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AFTERSHAFT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("aftershaft" is a kind of...):

feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

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