Sea wing |
A wing shell (Avicula). |
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Standard-wing |
A curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers standing erect on each wing. |
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Water wing |
One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. |
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Wing |
One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. |
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Wing |
Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. |
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Wing |
One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures. |
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Wing |
One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. |
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Wing |
Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. |
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Wing |
Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. |
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Wing |
Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc. |
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Wing |
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. |
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Wing |
Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. |
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Wing |
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. |
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Wing |
Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. |
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Wing |
Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. |
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Wing |
One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. |
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Wing |
A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. |
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Wing |
The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. |
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Wing |
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. |
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Wing |
The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. |
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