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Meanings of brachypterous in English
(Especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings.
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Examples for "short-winged"
Examples for "short-winged"
1
It was the volume dealing with short-winged hawks and buzzards.
2
The short-winged hawks, on the other hand, are birds of the fist or the bush.
3
Suffice it to say, it is generally agreed now that the dodo was a gigantic, short-winged, fruit-eating pigeon.
4
Earthly hopes are necessarily short-winged.
5
In front of it several short-winged biplanes are lined up; inside it three or four young men are lolling in wicker chairs.