winglike

[ wing-lahyk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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