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Spurious wing
Spurious Spu"ri*ous, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. ``Her spurious firstborn.' --Milton. Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zo["o]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. Spurious wing (Zo["o]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.

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- the green-winged and common teal after the divergence of the green-winged and speckled teal lineages. Both hypotheses seem rather spurious initially,...
- 907f. ISBN 9780300205978. Retrieved May 12, 2023.[verification needed] Wing, Nell (1981). "Origin of the Serenity Prayer: A Historic Paper Service Material...
- outrage at this attack and called Canada's actions discriminatory and spurious, and denounced their charges against the BSF as baseless and unproven....
- Hyde lampooned the American anime fandom in 2012 when he delivered a spurious presentation titled "Samurai Swordplay in a Digital Age" under the pseudonym...
- (coffee makers, toaster ovens) because of leaks. Airbus had to address spurious overheating warnings in the bleed air system by retro****ing an original...
- to the transience of the stall warnings that could have been considered spurious, to the absence of any visual information that could confirm that the aircraft...
- Libyan National Army Since 2014". Oryx Blog. A number of sources report a spurious "Ababil-5" designation based on a misreading of the name Ababil-S. The...
- ****ing term given that they play at the edges or "corners". The term has no spurious indicator of the depth at which they are positioned in the defensive backfield...
- distinguished from other flies by having a spurious vein, located parallel to their fourth longitudinal wing vein. Adults feed mainly on nectar and pollen...
- found no target. With no target, the initial detection was ****umed to be a spurious track and the missile was removed from the system. No interception was...