winglessness (winglesnes)

The state or character of being wingle . Wingle ne occurs in other insects through other causes than those which obtain in Madeira. Nature, XLIII. 410. IMG:content-2441.png:[merged small][graphic] Wing-shell ( Strombus gigas ), one seventh natural size. wing-shooting (wing'shö"ting), n. The act or practice of shooting flying birds. They [fowling-pieces) were probably intended for wing shooting , but could not have been made until several years after the invention of the flint lock. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 58. wing-shot (wing's hot), a. and n. I. a. 1. Shot in the wing.-2. Shot while on the wing. See wing-shooting. II. n. 1. A shot made at a bird on the wing. -2. One who shoots flying birds. wing-snail (wing'snāl), n. A pteropod or sea butterfly. See cuts under Cavolinia and Pneu moderma .