English Explanatory Dictionary

standard-wing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of bird of paradise (Semioptera wallacii) having two long ornamental erectile lesser covert feathers on each wing.

Word forms

standard-wing standard-wings standardwing

Etymology

From standard + wing, with the sense of standard (“pennon, flag on a long pole”).

Synonyms

standardwing bird-of-paradise Wallace's standard-wing
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