Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The distance from tip to tip of the extended wings, as of a bat, bird, or insect; extent of wing; alar expanse.
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Examples
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In the far corner of the room, a niche made by the joining of marble walls, his personal altar stood, whitest marble upon which sat a golden image of Quenesti-Pah and the wing-spread platinum image of the Dragon's Lord, E'li, whom some in the outside named Paladine.
Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000
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All the bondbirds set up a deafening chorus of replies, converging on the riders from every direction, and taking to their perches to go into full, wing-spread display.
Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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It stood as tall as Nicholas, but its wing-spread covered half the wall.
The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995
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This apparel was to advertise American industry; it was, also, in a homely way to proclaim American liberty since the device on the buttons was that of a wing-spread eagle.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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This apparel was to advertise American industry; it was, also, in a homely way to proclaim American liberty since the device on the buttons was that of a wing-spread eagle.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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This apparel was to advertise American industry; it was, also, in a homely way to proclaim American liberty since the device on the buttons was that of a wing-spread eagle.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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This apparel was to advertise American industry; it was, also, in a homely way to proclaim American liberty since the device on the buttons was that of a wing-spread eagle.
Washington Richard Harwell 1968
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It was true; the pteranodon, a horrid bat-like thing with a wing-spread of fully twenty feet, carried three of the bronzed savages clinging to a sort of harness that encircled its body just back of the crested head.
Creatures of Vibration Harl Vincent
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One by one the ghoulish muzzles emerged, peered into the darkness, and were satisfied; then the clumsy, ill-balanced bodies, entangled in loose-folded leathern cerements -- the noctule's wing-spread measures a full foot; lastly, the webbed curving triangle of feet and tail.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Douglas English
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The adult is a white moth, having a wing-spread of an inch or more, appearing in midsummer and laying its egg-cluster on the under side of a leaf.
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