wingspans in English

noun
1
the maximum extent across the wings of an aircraft, bird, or other flying animal, measured from tip to tip.
With their stately stature, wingspreads as broad as eight feet, loud calls, and elaborate courtship dances, cranes are among the most impressive birds in the world.
noun
    wingspread

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1. The Albatross is a bird, of course, and some Albatrosses are quite large with impressive wingspans

2. Carried by the longest wingspans of any bird, they soar for thousands of miles without ever setting webbed foot on land.

3. Antlions might be pretty small to very massive neuropterans, with wingspans starting from 2 to 15 cm (0.eight to five.9 in)

4. Weighing up to 11.3 kg (25 lbs) and with wingspans of nearly 4 m (12 ft) Albatrosses are among the world’s larger birds

5. Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great Albatrosses (genus Diomedea) have the largest wingspans of any extant (living) birds.

6. The Albatrosses are the largest pelagic seabirds in the world, with some having wingspans over 10', as is the case with the Wandering Albatross

7. Thunderbird sightings: Giant birds or pterodactyl-like flying creature with wingspans 8–12 feet are claimed to have been seen in Hockomock Swamp and neighboring Taunton, including a report by Norton Police Sergeant Thomas Downy.