Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a single wing: Describes an object, creature, or entity that possesses only one wing, as opposed to the typical pair.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The ancient statue depicted a one-winged angel, a symbol of imperfection.
  • The model airplane was one-winged after the crash, making it impossible to fly.
  • Biologists studied the rare, one-winged butterfly found in the collection.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used in mythological, artistic, or symbolic contexts to describe creatures that are incomplete, injured, or allegorical.
  • The poet wrote about a one-winged bird striving to reach the sun.
• Technical/Modeling Use: Can describe damaged or asymmetrical man-made flying objects.
  • The one-winged glider was kept as a reminder of the pilot's lucky escape.

Variants and Related Words

• Winged (adj): Having wings.
  • The winged horse is a creature of myth.
• Wingless (adj): Having no wings.
  • Some insect species are entirely wingless.

Synonyms

• Single-winged: Having only one wing (a more literal synonym).
• Unilateral (in specific technical contexts): Affecting or occurring on one side only.

Antonyms

• Two-winged: Having two wings.
• Winged: Having wings (typically implying a pair).
• Multi-winged: Having more than two wings.

Adjective

1. having a single wing