basal bristle
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Noun
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basal
bristle
(
plural
basal bristles
)
(
ornithology
)
A small
feather
located at the base of a
bird
's
bill
that has little or no
vane
.
References
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Allaby, Michael.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology.
pg 49. Oxford University Press. New York. 1992.
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