winglet

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A little wing.
2. noun A winglike structure at a wingtip set at an angle to the plane of the wing designed to reduce drag by its effect on wingtip vortices.
3. noun The bastard wing or alula of a bird.
4. noun The pterygium of a weevil.

Similar words

featherlet wiglet wing winghead wingcase pigeonwing wingstroke wingtip underwing mothwing

Often followed by

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Word family

winglets