Wing

• wing

  A movable organ for flying (one of a pair).

• pennon

  Wing of a bird.

Also contains

• feather

  The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds.

• gallinaceous bird

  Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds.

• parrot

  Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability...

• bird

  The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.

• ratite

  Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles:...

• coraciiform bird

  Chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes.

• passerine

  Perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged...

• bird's foot

  The foot of a bird.

• piciform bird

  Any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills...

• bird of prey

  Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals.

• aquatic bird

  Wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water.

• apodiform bird

  Nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in fl...

• caprimulgiform bird

  Long-winged nonpasserine birds.

• cuculiform bird

  Birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos).

• bill

  Horny projecting mouth of a bird.

• cock

  Adult male bird.

• hindquarters

  The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.

• night bird

  Any bird associated with night: owl; nightingale; nighthawk; etc.

• furcula

  A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds.

• carinate

  Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles.

• trogon

  Forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long ...

• air sac

  Any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds.

• dickeybird

  Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small b...

• hen

  Adult female bird.

• nester

  A bird that has built (or is building) a nest.

• bird of passage

  Any bird that migrates seasonally.

• protoavis

  Most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and...

• archaeopteryx

  Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail...

• Sinornis

  Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled...

• Ibero-mesornis

  Sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found...

• archaeornis

  Extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits...

• uropygium

  Posterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow.

• syrinx

  The vocal organ of a bird.

• twitterer

  A bird that twitters.

• uropygial gland

  Oil-secreting gland situated at the base of the tail in most birds.

• nonpasserine bird

  Chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes.