Definition of wing

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Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.

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Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..
Flap :: Flap (v. i.) To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Impennous :: Impennous (a.) Having no wings, as some insects..
Cheiroptera :: Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat..
River :: River (n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook..
Batwing :: Batwing (a.) Shaped like a bat's wing; as, a bat's-wing burner..
Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt..
Aflame :: Aflame (adv. & a.) Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.
Redstart :: Redstart (n.) An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches..
Paraphysis :: Paraphysis (n.) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly..
Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..
Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..
Upturn :: Upturn (v. t.) To turn up; to direct upward; to throw up; as, to upturn the ground in plowing..
Hypophyllous :: Hypophyllous (a.) Being or growing on the under side of a leaf, as the fruit dots of ferns..
Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit..
Glyphography :: Glyphography (n.) A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from..
Revalescence :: Revalescence (n.) The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent.
Pull :: Pull (n.) The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move something by drawing toward one.
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