wing

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One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur.

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One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect.

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A structure or part used by an animal for gliding through the air, as the folds of skin of a flying squirrel or the enlarged pectoral fins of a flying fish.

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An outspread pair of stylized bird’s wings worn as insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.

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An airfoil whose principal function is providing lift, especially either of two such airfoils symmetrically positioned on each side of the fuselage of an aircraft.

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A thin or membranous extension, as of the fruit of a maple or ash, the seed of a pine, or the branches of a winged elm.

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One of the lateral petals of the flower of certain plants in the pea family, such as the sweet pea.

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Something that resembles a wing in appearance or function, especially.