an experimental type of aircraft designed to be propelled by the flapping of the wings
Origin of ornithopter
from ornitho- + Classical Greek pteron, wing, featherornithopter
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ornithopter
noun
A machine shaped like an aircraft that is held aloft and propelled by wing movements.
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Origin
From ornitho- +"Ž -pter.
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