insect wing

body part used by insects to fly
Thing organ_type Q276572
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insect wing

Summary

insect wing is an organ type[1]. It draws 169 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #46 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • insect wing's image is recorded as Close wing position mud-puddling and peeing activity of Papilio slateri (Hewitson,1859) – Blue-striped Mime (Male).jpg[3].
  • insect wing's instance of is recorded as organ type[4].
  • insect wing's subclass of is recorded as animal wing[5].
  • insect wing's has use is recorded as insect flight[6].
  • insect wing's Commons category is recorded as Insect wings[7].
  • insect wing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cvhmz[8].
  • insect wing's anatomical location is recorded as thorax[9].
  • insect wing's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • insect wing's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • insect wing's used by is recorded as insect[12].
  • insect wing's different from is recorded as Flügel[13].
  • insect wing's schematic is recorded as Wing-insect.png[14].
  • insect wing's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781331722[15].
  • insect wing's KBpedia ID is recorded as InsectWing[16].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for insect wing include Diptera[17], a taxon[18].

Why It Matters

insect wing draws 169 Wikipedia views per month (organ_type category, ranking #46 of 50).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include Diptera[17], a taxon[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). insect wing. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/insect-wing
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_insect-wing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{insect wing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/insect-wing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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