vexilo
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== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin vexillum (“flag, banner”).
=== Noun ===
vexilo m (plural vexilos)
(ornithology) vane (of a feather)
==== Related terms ====
vexiloloxía
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin vexillum (“flag, banner”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ve‧xi‧lo
=== Noun ===
vexilo m (plural vexilos)
(Ancient Rome) vexillum (banner carried by a legion)
vexillum (a flag, banner or standard)
1965, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da Câmara dos Deputados, volume 26, Departamente de Imprensa Nacional, page 822:
2014 (originally 1821), Almeida Garrett, Catão, Edições Vercial, page 130:
2017, Dante Alighieri (translator: Xavier Pinheiro), A Divina Comédia, Nova Fronteira, page 99:
(botany) vexillum (the upper petal of a papilionaceous flower)
(ornithology) vane (flattened web-like part of a feather)
=== Further reading ===
“vexilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“vexilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin vexillum (“flag, banner”).
=== Noun ===
vexilo m (plural vexilos)
(ornithology) vane (of a feather)