BIRD-ON-THE-WING Meaning of BIRD-ON-THE-WING in English | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ nounEtymology: so called from the shape of the flower: gaywings Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012