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(verb) cut the wings off (of birds) |
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Related Words: disable, disenable, incapacitate |
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| 2. |
(verb) bind the arms of |
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Synonyms: shackle |
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Related Words: confine, hold, restrain |
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(noun) a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack |
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Related Words: cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, lantern pinion, lantern wheel |
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(noun) wing of a bird |
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Synonyms: pennon |
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Related Words: wing |
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(noun) any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird |
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Synonyms: flight feather, quill, quill feather |
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Related Words: feather, plumage, plume, primary, primary feather, primary quill |
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