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Definition of "red-tipped" [red-tipped]

  • Having the wings tipped with red: as, the red-tipped clearwing, a British moth, Sesia formicæformis.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "red-tipped" in a sentence
  • "Air Show The accident took place under partly cloudy skies as spectators were watching the last race of the day, called "the Gold Race" pitting Mr. Leeward's P-51 Mustang -- the "Galloping Ghost," a sleek silver machine with a red-tipped black propeller-- against about six other vintage planes."
  • "Mam went to the Church, her hair in a net, the cigarette red-tipped in her teeth."
  • "But Savage has barriers put between him and his destiny by Mayans with red-tipped fingers, the warriors led by a villain masked as Kukulcan, the Feathered Serpent."
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