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wing-handed

wing-handed adjective: having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as in the bats, flying foxes or pterodactyls.

Adjective

wing-handed (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as in the bats, flying foxes or pterodactyls.
    Synonyms:
    hand-winged

Synonyms of wing-handed

Forms of wing-handed

alternative formwinghanded

Questions about wing-handed

What does wing-handed mean?
Wing-handed means having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as in the bats, flying foxes or pterodactyls.
What part of speech is wing-handed?
Wing-handed is an adjective.

Words near wing-handed in the dictionary

  1. wing'd
  2. wing-and-wing
  3. wing-back
  4. wing-backs
  5. wing-footed
  6. wing-handed
  7. wing-nut
  8. wing-nuts
  9. wing-play
  10. wing-shell
  11. wing-shells

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