Standard-wing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Standard-wing \Stand"ard-wing`\ (st[a^]nd"[~e]rd-w[i^]ng`), n.
     (Zool.)
     A curious paradise bird ({Semioptera Wallacii}) which has two
     long special feathers standing erect on each wing.
     [1913 Webster]