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winglets

winglets is the plural of winglet.

Meaning of winglet

Noun

winglet (plural winglets)

  1. A little wing.
  2. 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.
    Synonyms:
    sharklet
  3. The bastard wing or alula of a bird.
  4. The pterygium of a weevil.

Questions about winglets

What is winglets the plural of?
Winglets is the plural of winglet.

Words near winglets in the dictionary

  1. wingless
  2. winglesse
  3. winglessly
  4. winglessness
  5. winglet
  6. winglets
  7. winglike
  8. wingloading
  9. wingloadings
  10. wingman
  11. wingmanned

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