| whin | 1. <botany> Gorse; furze. See Furze. "Through the whins, and by the cairn." (Burns) Woad-waxed. 2. Same as Whinstone. <botany> Moor whin or Petty whin, the redwing. Origin: W. Chwyn weeds, a single weed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| winged | 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. "How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake." (J. S. Harford) 3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing. 5. <botany> Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. 6. Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body. 7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| winged catheter | A soft rubber catheter with little flaps at each side of the beak to retain it in the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| winged scapula | <anatomy> An outward prominence of the scapula caused by disruption of its nerves or muscles. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hand-winged | <zoology> Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; said of bats. See Cheiroptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sack-winged | <zoology> Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scale-winged | <zoology> Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the lepidoptera; scaly-winged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scaly-winged | <zoology> Scale-winged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sheath-winged | <zoology> Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spur-winged | <zoology> Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose, an Old World plover (Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lace-winged | <zoology> Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| artery needle | A blunt-pointed, curved needle, set in a handle, with the eye at the point, used for passing a ligature around an artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aspirating needle | A hollow needle used for withdrawing fluid from a cavity, when combined with an aspirator tube attached to one end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atraumatic needle | An eyeless surgical needle with the suture permanently fastened into a hollow end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biopsy needle | <equipment> A skinny needle that is passed percutaneously into an organ being investigated (liver and kidney are common). Tissue is obtained from the core of the needle and then analysed under the microscope. (21 Mar 1998) |