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Orthopter

noun
1.
Heavier-than-air craft that is propelled by the flapping of wings.  Synonym: ornithopter.





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"Orthopter" Quotes from Famous Books



... was occupied in studying with a magnifying glass an articulate which he had at last found on board—a simple orthopter, whose head disappeared under the prothorax; an insect with flat elytrums, with round abdomen, with rather long wings, which belonged to the family of the roaches, and to the species ...
— Dick Sand - A Captain at Fifteen • Jules Verne


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