whitewing
- noun
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- The wildlife photographer captured stunning images of the whitewings perched on the branches with their beautiful wings spread wide.
Examples
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Soon enough, Miracle Boy will be bird-dogging whitewings out of the stubble of this field.
Fiction book (1998) -
The birdwatchers were excited to spot a whitewing soaring above the wetlands, its wings clearly marked with white feathers.
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During the migration season, many whitewings gather in small flocks, their distinctive white wing markings visible as they fly.
Synonyms
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A small white insect that sucks sap from plants and damages them
A European moth with white antler-like marks whose caterpillars eat and damage grass
A brown butterfly with white bands on its wings that lives in woods
A brown butterfly with white bands often seen in European woodlands
A North American butterfly with blue-black wings and a wide white band
A group of mostly dark butterflies from northern areas with white bands on their wings
Small insects called whiteflies that suck plant sap and harm crops
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whitewing combines the simple English words white ('the color white') and wing ('the part of a bird or insect used to fly'). So a whitewing is simply a bird or insect that has noticeable white markings on its wings.