different between winged vs nymphid

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?mf?d]

Noun

nymphid (plural nymphids)

1. (zoology) Any winged insect of the family Nymphidae, a split-footed lacewing.
   • 1981, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australian Journal of Zoology, Volume 29, page 742,

     M. nebulosus, the only nymphid so far described from New Guinea, is considerably larger than others of this genus, and is distinct on wing markings and (from those known) on male genitalic features.

   • 1992, Horst Aspöck, Mervyn W. Mansell, Current Research in Neuropterology: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Neuropterology, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, France, 24-27 June 1991, page 239,

     Trichosors are probably plesiomorphic, being retained only by nymphids.

   • 1998, Journal of Neuropterology, Volumes 1-2, page 80,

     This rarity seems to be a general feature of most nymphid species, only two of which - Nymphes myrmeleonides and Myiodactylus osmyloides - appear to be encountered with any regularity.

   • 2009, Catherine A. Tauber, Maurice J. Tauber, Gilberto S. Albuquerque, Neuroptera (Lacewings, Antlions), Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé (editors), Encyclopedia of Insects, page 701,

     Characteristically, the larvae hold their jaws open at very wide angles; some New World species resemble nymphids in being able to open their jaws beyond 270°.

Synonyms

• (any species of Nymphidae): split-footed lacewing