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winglike

American  
[wing-lahyk] / ˈwɪŋˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling a wing.


Etymology

Origin of winglike

wing + -like


Example Sentences

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DART, a car-sized box with two winglike solar panels, will soon be heading toward a binary asteroid system.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2021

Saarinen’s concrete structure, with its soaring, winglike vaulted roof, its huge fields of glass, and its thrilling interior curves, cantilevers and airy mezzanines, is one of the great buildings of the past century.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019

The mechanism moves the plane’s horizontal tail, a winglike structure on the tail that helps the plane climb and descend.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2019

By flapping its winglike elastic fins, it can steer itself through an obstacle course, guided through the twists and turns by following a blue light that selectively activates the muscle cells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2016

They were all dressed alike, in either denim jackets or the big, black loose cotton tunics that reached to their hips and had wide, winglike sleeves.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

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