standard-wing
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1. A species of Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) discovered by Wallace in the island of Batchian.
| 1869 Gould Birds Austral. Suppl. Pl. 52 Semioptera wallacei, G. R. Gray. Standard-wing. 1894–5 Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. III. 338 The standard-wing..is characterised by..the presence of two long projecting feathers from each wing. 1895 Ibid. IV. 43 Standard-winged Nightjar. |
2. attrib. or adj. = standard-winged.
| 1872 J. H. Gurney Andersson's Birds Damara Land 45 Cosmetornis vexillarius (Gould). Standard-wing Goat⁓sucker. 1903 W. L. Sclater Stark's Birds S. Africa III. 42 Cosmetornis vexillarius. Standard-wing Nightjar. |