winglike
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of winglike
Example Sentences
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Although they lack the true wings of birds and bats, these frogs use extensive webbing between their toes as a winglike surface to slow their descent.
From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2022
Saarinen’s concrete structure, with its soaring, winglike vaulted roof, its huge fields of glass, and its thrilling interior curves, cantilevers and airy mezzanines, is one of the great buildings of the past century.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2019
By flapping its winglike elastic fins, it can steer itself through an obstacle course, guided through the twists and turns by following a blue light that selectively activates the muscle cells.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2016
Frank Whipple, 93, whose whimsical paintings of nuns wearing the winglike headdresses of the Daughters of Charity found favor with a host of Hollywood celebrities, died on Wednesday, June 8, in Los Angeles.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2016
They were all dressed alike, in either denim jackets or the big, black loose cotton tunics that reached to their hips and had wide, winglike sleeves.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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