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false primaries

false primaries is the plural of false primary.

Meaning of false primary

Noun

false primary (plural false primaries)

  1. (rare) Any flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on a bird's wing.
    • The false primary about one third the length of the first, which is shorter than the fourth.1875, Charles Robert Bree, A History of the Birds of Europe

Questions about false primaries

What is false primaries the plural of?
False primaries is the plural of false primary.

Words near false primaries in the dictionary

  1. false pregnancy
  2. false pretence
  3. false pretences
  4. false pretense
  5. false pretenses
  6. false primaries
  7. false primary
  8. false quarter
  9. false quarters
  10. false Queen Anne's lace
  11. false rail

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