wingdom

English

Etymology 1

From wing +‎ -dom.

Noun

wingdom (uncountable)

1. Winged creatures as a group.
   • 1947, Norman Corwin, Untitled, and other radio dramas, page 19:

     A lion for the jungle or an eagle for all wingdom?

   • 2001, Birds in Art: An International Exhibition, page 14:

     While the earth we have mistakenly taken to be our kingdom to overuse and misadminister as we please begins to show the wear and tear of that, he has given us a brilliantly preserved wingdom.

   • 2013, Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners, →ISBN:

     Here it seemed, then, that you could navigate according to the clouds' positions, and that the routes of birds had nothing to teach but life's confusion—which it would be like both weather and wingdom to deceive you into.

Etymology 2

Blend of wing +‎ kingdom

Noun

wingdom (plural wingdoms)

1. A domain ruled over by a winged creature.
   • 1874, The Aldine: The Art Journal of America - Volume 7, page 36:

     But we, the while winging, And thoughtfully hymning, All day o'er the meadows green, See kindred in kingdoms Of manifold wingdoms In myriads by man unseen.

   • 1991, Vassar Miller, If I had wheels or love: collected poems of Vassar Miller, page 49:

     Observe the Whooping Crane Who still enjoys the weather Despite his wingdom's wane — A bird of different feather.

   • 2011, Carl Fanning, The Sara Bellum Review, →ISBN, page 161:

     Is your personal castle so constructed to offer a bird's eye view of the world? (Yes, I, Norgana can gaze out across the entire wingdom.*)