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winglike

[wing-lahyk]
adjective
  1. resembling a wing.
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Origin of winglike

wing + -like
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Historical Examples of winglike

  • Could that winglike envelopment be her gray woollen shawl, tossed by the wind?

    A Noble Woman

    Ann S. Stephens

  • The gates are ornamented with the heads of monsters, especially lions with large ears and winglike expansions at the side.

  • The hair is stretched over a broad, winglike frame and three hours are required for its arrangement.

    The Old World and Its Ways

    William Jennings Bryan

  • The waist, called camisa, is made with winglike sleeves and a stiff kerchief-like collar, named panuela.

  • There is a winglike process on one side and a spine, which projects lateroventrally, on the other side of the tip.