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winglike

[ wing-lahyk ]

/ ˈwɪŋˌlaɪk /

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adjective

resembling a wing.

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Origin of winglike

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for winglike

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.
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines|Isabel Anderson
The gates are ornamented with the heads of monsters, especially lions with large ears and winglike expansions at the side.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot
There is a winglike process on one side and a spine, which projects lateroventrally, on the other side of the tip.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks|John A. White

Could that winglike envelopment be her gray woollen shawl, tossed by the wind?
A Noble Woman|Ann S. Stephens