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Definitions of on the wing
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  • wingman the pilot who positions his aircraft outside and behind (on the wing of) the leader of a flying formation
  • bellerophon (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)
  • flycatcher large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
  • flycatcher any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
  • flycatching warbler any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing
  • eyespot an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color
  • tyrant flycatcher large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
  • redwing North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
  • new world flycatcher large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
  • robber fly swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
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