wingspot en · NOUN
Etymology
From wing + spot.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wingspots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |