orthopter
Britishnoun
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THE ORTHOPTER.—The term orthopter, or ornithopter, meaning bird wing, is applied to such flying machines as depend on wing motion to support them in the air.
From Aeroplanes by Zerbe, James Slough
Two of them, the aeroplane, and the orthopter, have prototypes in nature, and are distinguished by their respective similarities to the soaring birds, and those with flapping wings.
From Aeroplanes by Zerbe, James Slough
This was called an orthopter, or ornithopter, a name which may be properly applied to any similar device.
From Story of the Aeroplane by Galbreath, C. B. (Charles Burleigh)
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