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INVENT |
Wing it |
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CREATE |
Wing it |
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ADLIB |
Wing it |
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IMPROVISE |
Wing it when little rascal is overexcited |
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RIB |
A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to
strengthen or stiffen it. |
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BIPUPILLATE |
Having an eyelike spot on the wing, with two dots
within it of a different color, as in some butterflies. |
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FLAP |
The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound
made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing. |
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HEELSPUR |
A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from
the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See
Illust. of Cheiropter. |
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ARCHI- |
A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect,
archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive,
original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing. |
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WAYBUNG |
An Australian insessorial bird (Corcorax melanorhamphus)
noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season.
It is black with a white patch on each wing. |
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BEESWING |
The second crust formed in port and some other wines
after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar,
supposed to resemble the wing of a bee. |
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STROMBUS |
A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the
outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and
handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch. |
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IMP |
...engthen it
out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted
in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishi... |
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STROKE |
... resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is
accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in
rowin... |
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CASSOWARY |
...nd it has a group of long sharp spines on each
wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs
with great rapidity. Other sp... |
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KAMICHI |
...ornament on its head, and two sharp spurs on each wing.
Although its beak, feet, and legs resemble those of gallinaceous birds,
it is related in... |
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KINGBIRD |
...nt flycatcher, taking various
insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the head
and tail. The quills and wing coverts are wh... |