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What (who) is bastard wing - definition
![Adult [[bald eagle]] landing, showing the alula in action](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haliaeetus leucocephalus2.jpg?width=200 "Adult [[bald eagle]] landing, showing the alula in action")
![Charles Bastard by [[J. H. Chinner]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles Bastard.png?width=200 "Charles Bastard by [[J. H. Chinner]]")
Wikipedia
The alula , or bastard wing, (plural alulae) is a small projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds and a few non-avian dinosaurs. The word is Latin and means "winglet"; it is the diminutive of ala, meaning "wing". The alula is the freely moving first digit, a bird's "thumb", and typically bears three to five small flight feathers, with the exact number depending on the species. There also are minor covert feathers overlying the flight feathers. Like the larger flight feathers found on the wing's trailing edge, these alula feathers are asymmetrical, with the shaft running closer to anterior edge.
