1. Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
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Derived forms: wing cases

Type of: wing

• Marcuse
• Mardi Gras
• Marduk
• mare
• mare clausum
• mare liberum
• mare nostrum
• mare's nest
• mare's tail
• Marengo
• Marfan's syndrome
• Margaret Court
• Margaret Higgins Sanger
• Margaret Hilda Thatcher
• Margaret Mead
• Margaret Mitchell
• Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
• Margaret Sanger
• Margaret Thatcher
• Margarete Gertrud Zelle
• margaric acid
• margarin
• margarine
• margarita
• Margasivsa