wingspot

English

Etymology

wing +‎ spot

Noun

wingspot (plural wingspots)

1. A spot on a wing (as of a bird or butterfly).
   • 2007 June 26, Douglas H. Erwin, “Darwin Still Rules, but Some Biologists Dream of a Paradigm Shift”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Perhaps the most exciting area in evolution is in exploring how rewiring the circuitry of genes produces different arthropod appendages, or wingspots on butterflies.