wingspot

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noun

A spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly).

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Meanings

nounwingspot (plural wingspots)

plural wingspots

  1. A spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly).

    Perhaps the most exciting area in evolution is in exploring how rewiring the circuitry of genes produces different arthropod appendages, or wingspots on butterflies.

    2007 June 26, Douglas H. Erwin, “Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift”, in New York Times

Origin

From wing + spot.

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APA

wingspot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wingspot

MLA

“wingspot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wingspot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wingspot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wingspot.

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