winglike


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Adj.1.winglike - resembling a wing in shape or position
winged - having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";
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The fish, with venomous, winglike fins and spines, was first sighted in the Mediterranean in 1991, then not again until 2012 off the coast of southern Lebanon.
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Now you can't see it at all from above." Called Hawk House, the 7- by 9-foot structure has salvaged redwood bark on the walls--naturally fire-resistant--and winglike doors on either end, to let the breezes through.
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Winglike panels extend from the spine like leaves of a book catching a draft of air, while the fringed rectrices of the wall-mounted work's lower anatomy dangle below them..
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A study of the recently discovered species, Mercuriceratops Gemini, provides more details on this flashy dinosaur which possessed not only the standard trifecta of facial horns but also a giant, winglike frill protruding from the back of its skull, Live Science reported.
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