different between winged vs lacewing

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.

Alternative forms

• wingèd (chiefly poetry)

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?ng(?)d
• IPA^(key): /w??(?)d/

Adjective

winged (not comparable)

1. Having wings.
2. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
3. Swift.
4. (in combination) having wings of a specified kind

   weak-winged

5. (in combination) having the specified number of wings

   The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.

Derived terms

• light-winged (adjective)

Translations

Etymology 2

See wing (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??d/

Verb

winged

1. simple past tense and past participle of wing

Etymology 3

See winge (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?nd?d/
• Homophone: whinged

Verb

winged

1. simple past tense and past participle of winge

References

Anagrams

• Dewing, Gwendi, dewing

English

Etymology

From lace +? wing.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?le?s.w??/

Noun

lacewing (plural lacewings)

1. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cethosia.

Synonyms

• (insect): lacewing fly

Derived terms

• beaded lacewing (family Berothidae)
• brown lacewing (family Hemerobiidae)
• common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)
• dusty lacewing (dustywing, family Coniopterygidae)
• giant lacewing (family Polystoechotidae)
• green lacewing (family Chrysopidae)
• moth lacewing (family Ithonidae)
• pleasing lacewing (family Dilaridae)
• silky lacewing (family Psychopsidae)
• split-footed lacewing (family Nymphidae)
• spoon-winged lacewing (family Nemopteridae)
• thorny lacewing (family Rachiberothidae)
• thread-winged lacewing (family Nemopteridae)

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