aftershaft
/af-ter-shaft, ahf-ter-shahft/US // ˈæf tərˌʃæft, ˈɑf tərˌʃɑft //UK // (ˈɑːftəˌʃɑːft) //
后轴,尾轴,后桥,后轮轴
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Ornithology.
- : a supplementary feather, usually small, arising from the underside of the base of the shafts of certain feathers in many birds.
- : the shaft of such a feather.
Examples
Only in the cassowary and emu among adult birds is the aftershaft as large as the main shaft.
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