aftershaft

See also: after-shaft

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ shaft.

Noun

aftershaft (plural aftershafts)

1. (ornithology) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.

Synonyms

• hypoptilum
• hypotile

Translations

accessory plume

• French: hypotile
• Indonesian: bulu tambahan
• Japanese: 後羽 (こうう, kōu)
• Tamil: பின்புறத்தண்டுத்தூணி (piṉpuṟattaṇṭuttūṇi)