Wingspot

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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