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Hyporachis vs Hyporhachis - What's the difference?

hyporachis | hyporhachis |

As nouns the difference between hyporachis and hyporhachis

is that hyporachis is the downy lower barbs of a feather while hyporhachis is the stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.

hyporachis

English

Noun

(es)
  • (ornithology) The downy lower barbs of a feather.

    • Synonyms

    * (downy lower barbs of a feather) afterfeather

    Related terms

    * rachis

    hyporhachis

    English

    Noun

    (hyporhachides)
  • (zoology) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum.
    • (Webster 1913)