wing

There is a query about this entry.
English: ‘wing’.

For talk about sharks’ fins, see Dennis O'Rourke’s film Shark Callers of Kontu, 1987.

In the case of a turtle, it is only the front fin or both front and hind fins?

See original Mihalic entry.

Noun forms

  1. Physiology: a bird’s wing
    wing bilong pisin the wing of a bird

  1. Physiology: the fin of a marine animal ® han
    wing bilong trausel the fin of a turtle
    wing bilong sak shark’s fin

  1. Tools, machines, instruments: an aeroplane wing ® tuwing, wanwing
    wing bilong balus the wing of an aeroplane

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