vexilo

Galician

Partes dunha pluma:
1. vexilo (vane)
2. raque
3. barbas
4. hiporraque
5. cálamo

Etymology

From Latin vexillum (“flag, banner”).

Noun

vexilo m (plural vexilos)

  1. (ornithology) vane (of a feather)

Portuguese

Noun

vexilo m (plural vexilos)

  1. (Ancient Rome) vexillum (banner carried by a legion)
  2. vexillum (a flag, banner or standard)
  3. (botany) vexillum (the upper petal of a papilionaceous flower)
  4. (ornithology) vane (flattened web-like part of a feather)

Spanish

Noun

vexilo m (plural vexilos)

  1. (ornithology) vane (of a feather)
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