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hypoptilum

CIDE DICTIONARY

hypoptilumn. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + down.].
     An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.  [1913 Webster]

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