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verb:  To flap the wings in such a way as to push air forward, thereby slowing forward momentum.
noun:  An act of backwinging.
noun:  One of the posterior pair of wings on an insect.
noun:  The back portion of a bird's wing.
noun:  A wing-like projection on the upper back of some a Wayang puppets.
noun:  The flap of a dust jacket that folds around the back cover of a book.
noun:  A wing at the rear of a building.

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