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Wingtip
The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
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noun
- 1
The extreme tip of the wing of an aircraft, bird, flying insect, etc.
- 2
A part of a shoe, often with brogueing that extends backwards on both sides from the toe
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| Word | Definition |
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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. |
| wingspreadnoun | The distance between the extreme tips of the wings of a bird, insect or aircraft. |
| wingnoun | (zootomy) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly. |
| wingheadnoun | Any entity having a head or head-like element resembling a wing. |
| wingbasenoun | (zoology) The part of the body where a wing is attached. |
| outwingnoun | In various birds, an outer wing |
| tailfannoun | The outer part of a bird's tail, farthest from the body. |
| wingspannoun | The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.). |
| upperwingnoun | The upper part of a wing of a bird or butterfly |
| termennoun | (entomology) The outer edge of the wing of a butterfly or moth, joining the apex to the tornus. |
| backwingverb | To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum. |
| wingformnoun | The particular formation of an insect's wings |
| hooktipnoun | Any of various drepanid moths. |
| batwingnoun | The wing of a bat, or its shape. |
| mothwingnoun | The wing of a moth. |
| forewingnoun | Alternative form of fore wing. [(entomology) Of an insect, either member of the pair of wings closest to the head.] |
| underwingnoun | (ornithology) The underside of a bird's wing. |
| wingcasenoun | An elytron. |
| wingspotnoun | A spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly). |
| fore wingnoun | (entomology) Of an insect, either member of the pair of wings closest to the head. |
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