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winglike

/wing-lahyk/US // ˈwɪŋˌlaɪk //

翼状的,翼状,翼型,翼形的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling a wing.

Examples

  • One group found winglike membranes on the limbs of a pterosaur embryo.

  • There is a winglike process on one side and a spine, which projects lateroventrally, on the other side of the tip.

  • Then Mr. Brimberly coughed, smoothed his winglike whiskers, and—pulled down his waistcoat for the third time.

  • Could that winglike envelopment be her gray woollen shawl, tossed by the wind?

  • The waist, called camisa, is made with winglike sleeves and a stiff kerchief-like collar, named panuela.

  • Their heads were quaintly white-garbed in stiff winglike coifs, fitting close about the oval of the face.