wingtip
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈwɪŋˌtɪp/
:
punta del ala
- Under the wingtip, the tan, featureless land stretched out endlessly.
- wingtips gently brushed
- black wingtip
Examples
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Bursts of hail scatter the owls, and the last sight the bird has of her mate is his wingtip before the mist sucks him into its center.
Fiction book (1998) -
The hawk soared high above, its wingtip catching the sunlight as it glided gracefully.
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The wingtip of a golden eagle.
Academic text (2009) -
Me-Me's nose looks more pointed than the wingtips.
Fiction book (1992) -
The red on its folded wingtips made an elaborate chessboard pattern against the white.
Fiction book (1993) -
She banked, putting the North Star off her left wingtip, pointing the BE's nose toward morning.
Fiction book (1994) -
Callophrys rubi, the Green Hairstreak, fringed from wingtip to thorax in the softest of greys.
Fiction book (1993) -
The pilot carefully checked the wingtip of the aircraft before taking off to ensure there were no damaged components.
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As the bird landed, I noticed the unique patterns on its wingtip, which were distinct from other species.
Synonyms
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8.7
A long feather at the outer edge of a bird's wing that helps it fly
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8.2
Large outer wing feathers that birds use to fly
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5.2
A long part of a bird's wing at the outer edge that helps the bird fly
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4.5
A large stiff feather on a bird's wing or tail that helps it fly
A long outer flight feather on a bird's wing that helps it fly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wingtip in birds is simply wing + tip, meaning the 'end' or outer edge of the wing where the longest feathers are. So the wingtip is literally the wing's 'tip', the part you see at the very edge during flight.