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)
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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