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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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Bat's-wing |
Alt. of Batwing |
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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-footed |
Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet. |
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Wing-footed |
Having part or all of the feet adapted for flying. |
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Wing-footed |
Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks. |
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Wing-handed |
Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls. |
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Wing-leaved |
Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves. |
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Wing-shell |
Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. |
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Wing-shell |
Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus. |
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Wing-shell |
Any pteropod shell. |
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