A bird's wing; esp. (chiefly poetic and rhetorical) the wing of a bird in flight. Also: the terminal segment of a bird's wing, bearing the primary…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > part of (9) pinion?a1425 A bird's wing; esp. (chiefly poetic and rhetorical) the wing of a bird in flight. Also: the terminal segment of a bird's wing, bearing the primary… juck1575 ? A joint of a bird's wing. shoulder1735 The upper part of the wing or wing-case of a bird, beetle, butterfly, etc. adjoining the point of articulation; of a bird, spec. the carpal joint. wrista1836 Comparative Anatomy. A part or joint analogous or answering to the wrist in man. The carpus or carpal joint in birds. wing1867 Each of the organs of flight of any flying animal, as a bird, bat, or insect. propatagium1872 In bats, gliding mammals, pterosaurs, etc.: the part of the patagium (the wing or gliding membrane) anterior to the forelimb (cf. patagium, n. 2)… thumb1872 In the lower animals generally: The inmost digit of the fore-foot; in a bird, the first digit of the wing, bearing the bastard-wing or alula; also… patagium1887 Ornithology. A membranous fold of skin extending between the shoulder and wrist along both margins of the wing of a bird; esp. that of the front… flight-muscle1890 one of the muscles by which the wings are worked in flight. |
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