Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, not rough-winged: specifically noting swallows which have not the peculiar serration of the outer primary of such genera as Psalidoprocne and Stelgidopteryx.
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Examples
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Could surround its raw edge with a Stonehenge of white stone angels—smooth-winged angels that he’d bet anything had once been flesh—while something deep within the cave’s dark and glistening guts sang holy, holy, holy.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Could surround its raw edge with a Stonehenge of white stone angels—smooth-winged angels that he’d bet anything had once been flesh—while something deep within the cave’s dark and glistening guts sang holy, holy, holy.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Could surround its raw edge with a Stonehenge of white stone angels—smooth-winged angels that he’d bet anything had once been flesh—while something deep within the cave’s dark and glistening guts sang holy, holy, holy.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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Could surround its raw edge with a Stonehenge of white stone angels—smooth-winged angels that he’d bet anything had once been flesh—while something deep within the cave’s dark and glistening guts sang holy, holy, holy.
Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011
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