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Wallace's standard-wings

Wallace's standard-wings is the plural of Wallace's standard-wing.

Meaning of Wallace's standard-wing

Noun

Wallace's standard-wing (plural Wallace's standard-wings)

  1. Synonym of standard-wing.
    • The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close to the upper edge of the shoulder or bend of the wing; they are narrow, gently curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy white colour. They are about six inches long...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 41
    Synonyms:
    standard-wing

Questions about Wallace's standard-wings

What is Wallace's standard-wings the plural of?
Wallace's standard-wings is the plural of Wallace's standard-wing.

Words near Wallace's standard-wings in the dictionary

  1. Wallace tree
  2. Wallace trees
  3. Wallace's giant bee
  4. Wallace's Line
  5. Wallace's standard-wing
  6. Wallace's standard-wings
  7. Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien theorem
  8. Wallace-Woodworth
  9. Wallacea
  10. Wallacean
  11. Wallacedale

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