ornithopter

(ôr′nə t̸häp′tər)

noun

an experimental type of aircraft designed to be propelled by the flapping of the wings

Origin: < ornitho- + Gr pteron, wing, feather

See ornithopter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A machine shaped like an aircraft that is held aloft and propelled by wing movements.

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