winglet
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noun
- A little wing.
- A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
- The bastard wing or alula of a bird.
- The pterygium of a weevil.
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sharkletfeatherletwigletwingwingheadwingcasepigeonwingwingstrokewingtipunderwingmothwingbirdletpinionwingflapwingbasebackwingwingbar