rough-wing
noun
1Any of various small moths of the genera Acleris and Phtheochroa (family Tortricidae) which have a fringe of long scales on the edge of the wing (now rare ); also rough-wing tortrix.
2 North American = rough-winged swallow.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Samouelle (d. 1846).
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