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Wingpit

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wingbasenoun(zoology) The part of the body where a wing is attached.
pinionnoun(mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
axillarnounAny of the feathers connecting the undersurface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
backwingverbTo flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
wingspotnounA spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly).
underwingnoun(ornithology) The underside of a bird's wing.
upperwingnounThe upper part of a wing of a bird or butterfly
wingpadnoun(entomology) The part of a pupa that develops into a wing in the adult insect.
wingnoun(zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
parapterumnoun(zoology) In birds, the scapular and adjoining feathers of the wing.
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.
undercovertnounOne of the feathers situated beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird.
fore wingnoun(entomology) Of an insect, either member of the pair of wings closest to the head.
hind wingnoun(entomology, in an insect with two pairs of wings) Either member of the pair of wings closer to the tail.
pterylanoun(ornithology) One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.
pigeonwingnounA wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
wingspannounThe distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).
wingtipnounA part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe.
hypopteronnoun(biology) the tuft of axillary feathers of a bird's wing
outwingnounIn various birds, an outer wing

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