common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
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bird-on-the-wing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywings, polygala paucifolia |
| Type of | milkwort |
Examples of bird-on-the-wing
bird-on-the-wing
Carter was stabilizing a broken wing on the bird before sending it to a veterinarian.
From the kentucky.com
The lower part of the wing needed to be amputated, but the bird is now eating on her own.
From the sltrib.com
By the third wing beat he clearly had a bead on the bird.
From the scienceblogs.com
The Mongols were extremely skilled with the bow and were said to be able to hit a bird on the wing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
On a cold day, however, the feathers of the back may cover one of the wing bars when the bird fluffs up to keep warm.
From the timesunion.com
The plumage on the back of the bird is brown the coverts and wing feathers are also brown but have black spotting on them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A hazard here at the moment, however, is a bird, a sparrowhawk, so quiet and fast on the wing that you never see it coming and often it doesn't see you.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A few hundred feet away is another area where he has seen the black-throated blue warbler, a small bird with a white belly and a white spot on its wing.
From the timesunion.com
This action allows the bird to ride wind currents and thermals efficiently and spend almost its entire life on the wing, only landing to breed.
From the newscientist.com
