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Alated
adjective · 78% connection
Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Beetle
verb · 78% connection
A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Covert
verb · 78% connection
Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Elytron
noun · 78% connection
Alt. of Elytrum
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Euplexoptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up bene…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Feather
noun · 78% connection
One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Flap
verb · 78% connection
Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Goldfinch
noun · 78% connection
A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Harpsichord
noun · 78% connection
A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by mean…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Hyalonema
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Impennes
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Kingbird
noun · 78% connection
A small American bird (Tyrannus tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Larva
noun · 78% connection
Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Long
superl. · 78% connection
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Long-lived
adjective · 78% connection
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Opinicus
noun · 78% connection
An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Ostrich
noun · 78% connection
A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
Penguin
noun · 78% connection
Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: long, wings, quills.
