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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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- famous men... and this I think is the most interesting example of that... Wing, Nell (1981). "Origin of the Serenity Prayer: A Historic Paper Service Material...
- the green-winged and common teal after the divergence of the green-winged and speckled teal lineages. Both hypotheses seem rather spurious initially,...
- of election systems on, before, or after November third." Responding to spurious claims of foreign outsourcing of vote counting as a rationale behind litigation...
- outrage at this attack and called Canada's actions discriminatory and spurious, and denounced their charges against the BSF as baseless and unproven....
- security risk to the organisation, blacklisting them. This was often done on spurious grounds; even so, the practice would continue and expand during the years...
- Gandhi's ideas as loved by "blind Hindu devotees", primitive, influenced by spurious brew of Tolstoy and Ruskin, and "there is always some simpleton to preach...
- the Letters page is "Photo Opportunity", where correspondents concoct spurious reasons for the magazine to print a particular 1995 photo of journalist...
- defendants' lawyers argued that the case against all of their clients was spurious at best. "The case cannot proceed [because] the process has been so corrupted...
- (coffee makers, toaster ovens) because of leaks. Airbus had to address spurious overheating warnings in the bleed air system by retro****ing an original...
- overweight landing. The failure and fire indications were found to have been spurious. No casualties. On August 26, 2000, RA-86066 (c/n 033) experienced a failure...