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| aileron |
a movable flap on the rear edge of an airplane's wing, used to control rolling and banking. |
| airfoil |
any aircraft part or surface, such as a wing or rudder, designed to utilize aircurrents to aid in propelling, lifting, and controlling movement. |
| ala |
a wing or winglike part or structure on a living organism. |
| alar |
like a wing in shape or function. [1/2 definitions] |
| aliform |
shaped like a wing. |
| axilla |
an armpit or a corresponding part, such as the area under a bird's wing. [1/2 definitions] |
| axillar |
(usu. pl.) any of the feathers that grow under a bird's wing. [1/2 definitions] |
| axillary |
(usu. pl.) any of the feathers that grow under a bird's wing; axillar. [1/3 definitions] |
| batwing |
resembling the wing or wings of a bat. |
| brachial |
of, like, or belonging to a vertebrate's arm, wing, foreleg, or other similar forelimb. |
| brachium |
the part of the arm that reaches from the shoulder to the elbow, or a similar part of an appendage such as a wing or flipper. [1/2 definitions] |
| cedar waxwing |
a brownish North American bird that has a crested head and red wing tips. |
| communist |
(often derogatory) one who practices or believes in socialist or left-wing ideas. [1/4 definitions] |
| complicate |
in biology, folded lengthwise several times, as an insect wing or a leaf. [1/3 definitions] |
| delta wing |
the triangular wing of certain usu. supersonic aircraft, which provides not only lift but also horizontal stabilization. |
| ell |
an extension or wing of a building, usu. at right angles to the main structure. [1/2 definitions] |
| Falange |
(l.c.) any similar right-wing extremist group, as in Europe or the Middle East. [1/2 definitions] |
| flight feather |
any of the larger, stronger feathers in the wing or tail of a bird that are crucial for its flight. |
| flip1 |
to move in a sudden or jerky manner, as with a flipper, wing, or the like. [1/9 definitions] |
| flutter |
to fly with light, swift wing movements or to move the wings lightly and swiftly up and down in flight, as a bird. [1/9 definitions] |
| forewing |
either of the forward wings of an insect having four wings; anterior wing. |
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