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wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) |
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organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
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bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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bat,
chiropteran (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"
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insect small air-breathing arthropod
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angel the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally
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alula,
bastard wing,
spurious wing scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
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ala a wing of an insect
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fore-wing,
forewing,
fore wing either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings
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balancer,
halter,
haltere an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
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pennon,
pinion wing of a bird
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elytron,
wing case either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
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flight feather,
pinion,
quill,
quill feather any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
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wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane |
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aerofoil,
airfoil,
control surface,
surface a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
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aeroplane,
airplane,
plane an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
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aileron an airfoil that controls lateral motion
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flap,
flaps any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"
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rib support resembling the rib of an animal
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wing - the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" |
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helping,
portion,
serving an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
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bird,
fowl warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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turkey wing the wing of a turkey
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chicken wing the wing of a chicken
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wing - a unit of military aircraft |
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air unit a military unit that is part of the airforce
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air division,
division the act or process of dividing
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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squadron an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group
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wing - a stage area out of sight of the audience |
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offstage,
backstage |
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stage a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
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wing - a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party" |
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social group people sharing some social relation
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wing - (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft |
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place,
position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
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wing - a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side |
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hockey player,
ice-hockey player an athlete who plays hockey
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