缨翅

纓翅
yīngchì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 fringed wing (wing with long hairs along the margin, as in thrips)

Examples

HSK 6
Yīngchì shì yīngchìmù kūnchóng zuì xiǎnzhù de xíngtài tèzhēng.
The fringed wing is the most distinctive morphological feature of thrips.
HSK 7-9
Jìmǎ de yīngchì yóu yī tiáo zhǎi chìmó hé sìzhōu de chángmáo zǔchéng.
A thrips's fringed wing consists of a narrow wing membrane and long hairs around its edges.

Tips

usage
('tassel') + ('wing') names wings that look tasseled. In entomology texts it appears mostly as a modifier of (缨翅目 = Thysanoptera) or as a free description of thrips and some parasitic wasps.

Stroke Order

yīng
chì