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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,...
- 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...
- outrage at this attack and called Canada's actions discriminatory and spurious, and denounced their charges against the BSF as baseless and unproven....
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- (coffee makers, toaster ovens) because of leaks. Airbus had to address spurious overheating warnings in the bleed air system by retro****ing an original...
- culture, and within many cultures in contact with Arabs, makes such claims spurious. The legend of the Seal of Solomon was developed further by medieval Middle...
- needed] Hyde lampooned the American anime fandom in 2012 when he delivered a spurious presentation titled "Samurai Swordplay in a Digital Age" under the pseudonym...
- conservatives and attacking Democrats and liberals, endorsing the more spurious claims long after they were proven incorrect, and putting advocacy above...
- Jumo 213 A-1 engines. He 111 R High altitude bomber project. He 111 U A spurious designation applied for propaganda purposes to the Heinkel He 119 high-speed...
- to postpone some of them. Due to the 1202/1201 program alarms caused by spurious rendezvous radar inputs to the LGC, Armstrong manually landed the Eagle...