brachypterous

[bruh-kip-ter-uhs]

adjective Zoology, Ornithology.

having short wings.

Origin:
1835–45; brachy- + -pterous

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brachypterous (bræˈkɪptərəs)

—*adj*
	having very short or incompletely developed wings: brachypterous insects

bra'chypterism

—n

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