Wingspot
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"Perhaps the most exciting area in evolution is in exploring how rewiring the circuitry of genes produces different arthropod appendages, or wingspots on butterflies."
Etymology
From wing + spot.
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