swept-back in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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They have mainly pale brown plumage and long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
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But if it needs to move fast with more agility, smaller, swept-back wings make them more aerodynamic and manoeuvrable.
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Bell configured the 533 with two 26.8ft m swept-back wings.
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Yet another approach uses differential twist or wash out, together with a swept-back wing planform and a suitable airfoil section.
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Many swifts have very long, swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
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Most homes and officers are contained in the swept-back wings.
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Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
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Clearly a throwback to the original, it was a bright orange two-seater with classic swept-back styling.
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It has swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
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It was a small, chubby aircraft with a single central air intake, a bubble cockpit and a very thin swept-back wing.
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