Ornithopter
[awr-nə-THOP-tər]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, 20th century
1.
A machine designed to achieve flight by means of flapping wings.
Examples of Ornithopter in a sentence
"The historian assured me that several models of ornithopters were flown short distances in the 19th century."
"The flight museum had a display of pre-Wright brothers flying machines, including an actual French ornithopter."
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