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spadona S. Afr.|spəˈdəʊnə|
[ad. It. spadone large sword.]
An imperfectly developed feather taken from a young ostrich in its first year.
1881in A. Douglass Ostrich Farming in S. Afr. xiv. 91 Light Spadona..white Boos. 1896R. Wallace Farming Industries of Cape Colony xi. 235 Spadonas..are pointed like a sword, hence the name, which comes from the Italian. 1955G. Archman in Saron & Hotz Jews in S. Afr. vii. 130 The different types of feathers that the ostrich produces—chicks, wings, bodies, tails, spadonas..bloods, and female bodies. |