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Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.] How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. J. S. Harford.

Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.

Having large and strong or complete wings. Shak.

Having a "goosewing."

Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.

Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace- winged flies.

Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. Shak.

Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.

Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged.

Scale-winged.

Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.

Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose (Zoöl.), any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (P. Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca). --…

Spiny-winged.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

The state of being winged.

Having wings, winged; aligerous. [R.]

Having wings; winged. [R.]

The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.

A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.