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wingletnoun(aeronautics) A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
backwingverbTo flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
wingnoun(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
wingpadnoun(entomology) The part of a pupa that develops into a wing in the adult insect.
wingheadnounAny entity having a head or head-like element resembling a wing.
lacewingnounAny of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
wingbasenoun(zoology) The part of the body where a wing is attached.
underwingnoun(ornithology) The underside of a bird's wing.
wingformnounThe particular formation of an insect's wings
hind wingnoun(entomology, in an insect with two pairs of wings) Either member of the pair of wings closer to the tail.
epipleuronnounThe outer margin of an elytron of a beetle
forewingnounAlternative form of fore wing. [(entomology) Of an insect, either member of the pair of wings closest to the head.]
fore wingnoun(entomology) Of an insect, either member of the pair of wings closest to the head.
alatenounA winged, reproductive form of several social insects.
wingbudnounA flattened structure on the bodies of a nymph that will form the wings in adult insect
hindwingnounAlternative spelling of hind wing. [(entomology, in an insect with two pairs of wings) Either member of the pair of wings closer to the tail.]
mothwingnounThe wing of a moth.
bandwingnounAny of the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers, many having colourful hindwings.
upperwingnounThe upper part of a wing of a bird or butterfly
wingtipnounA part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.

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