wing bar
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A band of contrasting color or of feathers with a distinct appearance that crosses a bird's wing.
Example Sentences
- "The chin and throat are also white, like the wing bar, which is strikingly visible in flight."
- "Selection affecting the melanization threshold could likewise reduce patch number, which should occur in the reverse order (loss of rump patch followed by loss of crown stripe and finally loss of wing bar."
- "There is a prominent yellow wing bar on the greater coverts, and yellow on the flight feather edges and base of the primaries."
- "The harbour entrance is the result of the inability of the shore drift to build a complete wing bar because of the scour created by the great tidal range in this area."
- "Wing bar on Shetucket River below Frog Brook shows location of ice and drift dam that attained elevation of 82 m (270 ft)."
- "In a flying machine, a supporting surface comprising a flexible body, a fixed front wing bar, a centrally pivoted rear wing bar, flexible ribs connecting said bars, slidable supports for the rear wing bar, and sustaining springs associated with said supports."