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▸ noun: Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
▸ noun: (ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
▸ noun: (navigation) A sight on a sextant or compass.
▸ noun: (weaponry) One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
▸ noun: A surname.
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weathervane,
wind vane,
weather vane,
blade,
web,
dogvane,
anemoscope,
wind gauge,
windsail,
weathercock,
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