Definition of Hipoptilum

Definition of Hipoptilum

||Hy*pop"ti*lum (?), n.; pl. L. Hypoptila (#), E. Hypoptilums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + &?; down.] (Zoöl.) An accessory plume arising from the posterior side of the stem of the contour feathers of many birds; -- called also aftershaft. See Illust. of Feather.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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