| 单词 | pinion bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspinion bone pinion bone n. rare each of the bones of the terminal segment of a bird's wing; the carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal bones together, as removed when a bird is pinioned. ΚΠ 1863 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 153 38 A slender bone, about 11 lines long, extending forward in the same line or direction as the above pinion-bones. 1997 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 17 Dec. a4 Bean abandoned plans to have the bird's pinion bone removed, which would have prevented her from flying. < as lemmas |
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