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It's フェニックスの尾. Technically, it's the "tail" of a phoenix, but it's clearly depicted as the "tail feather".
Yeah, I suspect when it first appeared it was a short form of 尾羽. I'm not sure the exact kana limits they had, but I could see the extra two in おばね being too far.