wingstroke

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noun

A wingbeat.

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Meanings

nounwingstroke (plural wingstrokes)

plural wingstrokes

  1. A wingbeat.

    It was a wonderful sight to see at least a hundred creatures of such enormous size and hideous appearance all swooping like swallows with swift, shearing wing-strokes above us; but soon we realized that it was not one on which we could afford to linger.

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Origin

From wing + stroke.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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