noun
definition
(usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).
example
The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird.
Examples of wingspan in a Sentence
With a wingspan of a single millimeter, they were very small craft indeed.
The Mongolian eagle is a majestic sight with a metre-wide wingspan.
They also have a long wingspan relative to their body size.
Few drivers notice the huge bird with a five-foot wingspan floating effortlessly above the busy motorway.
By the end of the movie Destroyah's final wingspan is 210 meters and he stood at a height of 120 meters.
The Greater Wax Moth has a wingspan of up to 3.6 cm. and the Lesser Wax Moth a wingspan of 1.8 cm.
Rigoletto will be starring a golden eagle called Isla with a seven-foot wingspan.
This species has one of if not the largest wingspan of any moth, approaching 30cm.
This is the size of a queen bumblebee compared to the largest bat in the world that has a wingspan of 6 feet.
We have albatrosses breeding all over the island too - wandering albatrosses with a wingspan of 2.5 meters !
They had a wingspan of 180 ft and were 93 ft long.
Two high-fidelity, 21-foot wingspan prototypes of the BWB concept have been designed and produced for wind tunnel and flight testing this year.
Nor did the wingspan of the Towers which was made of far sterner stuff than the Pentagon.
Here, the huge wingspan is clearly the attraction of the picture.
These giants have a massive wingspan of over 3 meters and have inspired countless books, movies, and stunt attempts.
Red kites are distinctive and large birds they have a two meter wingspan, but a tiny body weighing only 2 to 3lbs.
Very close in size is the Andean condor, with a 10 foot wingspan.
Has a twin motor push glider and weighs about a quarter of a pound and with its 26 inch wingspan.
The largest species, the wandering albatross, has a wingspan of 11 feet and can live for 50 years or more.
The hefty two-lb. dragon has a wingspan that can cast a giant foreboding shadow over an entire castle.
Others will pick a Western style dragon, with an impressive wingspan and even fire spouting from its mouth.