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Shadow like wings doesn't mean he doesn't also has wings. And if he had shadow wings before how does he spread them afterwards?. Also, Tolkien is not one to hold adjectives, if he had meant shadow wings he would probably have written shadow wings. I read that more like he had shadow wings and later opened his real wings.
In any case, like I said also, it's mostly a moot discussion, might as well discuss the color of Frodo's shoes in that scene.
He didn't have any...
Hahahaha you're absolutely correct, got me there. Let's say Gimli's shoes then hahahah
it's an interesting discussion for the sake of understanding how people read. like, when i read "shadows like wings", i see a cloak of darkness surrounding the beast. and when those "wings" are spread "wall to wall" in an enormous cavern, i see the beast magically snuffing out all light.