Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having complete wings, or large, strong wings.
  • Ready for flight; eager.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having large and strong or complete wings.
  • adjective Archaic Ready for flight; eager.

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Examples

  • Second, he found that mountainous islands (such as the volcanic Madeira) tended to support shrunken-winged species, whereas lower islands (such as coral atolls and cays) tended to support full-winged species.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Third, he found that warm tropical islands supported more full-winged species than colder islands.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Third, he found that warm tropical islands supported more full-winged species than colder islands.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Second, he found that mountainous islands (such as the volcanic Madeira) tended to support shrunken-winged species, whereas lower islands (such as coral atolls and cays) tended to support full-winged species.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • His full-winged species presumably flew—regularly, sometimes, or at least on occasions of desperate necessity.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • His full-winged species presumably flew—regularly, sometimes, or at least on occasions of desperate necessity.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Or if insects attract us by their many varied interests, we are more enthusiastic over the glories of the full-winged image than the less conspicuous, though no less interesting, eggs and chrysalides hidden away in crevices throughout the long winter.

    The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919

  • A gull came strolling inland, and flapped full-winged to inspect.

    A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

  • Board ship throws people together into appalling intimacy; Love springs full-winged into being in the course of an afternoon; passion burns at red-heat through drowsy, moon-filled nights.

    To Love Margaret Peterson 1908

  • Engaging obscure lodgings close by the rue des Acacias, he slept till nearly noon of the following day, then rose to put into execution a design which had sprung full-winged from his brain at the instant of wakening.

    The Lone Wolf A Melodrama Louis Joseph Vance 1906

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