The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word VANES
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What does VANES mean?
VANES noun- A weather vane
- Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid
- The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
- A sight on a sextant or compass
- One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile