winglike
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of winglike
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
Snap a photo next to photogenic silver, winglike public art sculptures.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2021
The seed may have travelled there on a gust of wind, its flight aided by a winglike attachment to the nut.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
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
Just before dark, they began skimming across the water, their short, winglike fins taking them on flights of twenty or thirty feet, sometimes more.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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