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Webster 1913 Edition

Aftershaft

Aft′er-shaftˊ

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Noun.

(Zool.)

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Definition 2025

aftershaft

aftershaft

See also: after-shaft

English

Noun

aftershaft ‎(plural aftershafts)

(ornithology) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.

Translations

accesory plume

French: hypotile
Indonesian: bulu tambahan

Japanese: 後羽 ‎(こうう, kōu)
Tamil: பின்புறத்தண்டுத்தூணி ‎(piṉpuṟattaṇṭuttūṇi)

Synonyms

hypoptilum
hypotile