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secondary

/ˈsɛkənd(ə)ɹɪ/
noun
  1. Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.

  2. An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.

  3. The defensive backs.

adjective
  1. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.

  2. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body

    "the work of secondary hands"

  3. Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic radicals

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