Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having gauzy wings veined or netted like lace.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings.

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Examples

  • The lace-winged gates, as tall as lamp posts, doorway to the whispering tunnel of ancient trees.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • The lace-winged gates, as tall as lamp posts, doorway to the whispering tunnel of ancient trees.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • Marguerite had twisted tassels of the willow-catkins in her hair, drooping things, in character with her wavy grace, and that sprinkled her with their fragrant yellow powder, the very breath of spring; and in one hand she had imprisoned a premature lace-winged fly, a fairy little savage, in its sheaths of cobweb and emerald, and with its jewel eyes.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

  • The lace-winged dragon-fly following our boat darted from side to side, or poised in air, or alighted on the dripping blade of our paddle when it rested for a moment across our knees.

    The Long Ago

  • A delicate lace-winged insect lights on my tablet and a saucy "camp robber" or mutton bird wonders at the unusual sight of me, the big man animal brother.

    Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep William Crosbie Hunter

  • We can only answer this indirectly by pointing to the Panorpa and Caddis flies, with their nearly perfect metamorphosis, though more nearly allied otherwise to those Neuroptera with an incomplete metamorphosis, as the lace-winged fly, than the insects of any other suborder.

    Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

  • Then painted hopes and lace-winged fancies flit out to take their place: things certainly are better, or they will be better, or they never have been bad.

    The Gold of Chickaree Susan Warner 1852

  • The lyrics are lifted in large part from the original text, most powerfully in the breathtaking title sequence, in which a lace-winged Cohen raises Becker from a bed of flowers so they can sing their devotions to each other.

    Popnography 2008

  • The lyrics are lifted in large part from the original text, most powerfully in the breathtaking title sequence, in which a lace-winged Cohen raises Becker from a bed of flowers so they can sing their devotions to each other.

    Popnography 2008

  • "If they picked up his scent, he wouldn't last as long as a lace-winged birru in a windstorm.

    The Cat is a Metaphor 2010

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