ornithopter

[ awr-nuh-thop-ter ]

/ ˌɔr nəˈθɒp tər /

a heavier-than-air craft designed to be propelled through the air by flapping wings.

Origin of ornithopter

< French ornithoptère (1908), equivalent to ornitho- ornitho- + -ptère < Greek -pteros -pterous

The ornithopter landed with a certain skilful precision and its wings ceased to beat.

The Fifth-Dimension Tube |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The ornithopter has hinged planes which work like the wings of a bird.

Flying Machines |W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
Red clover bent and writhed in the artificial wind from the ornithopter wings.

Thy Rocks and Rills |Robert Ernest Gilbert
Wing—Strictly speaking, a wing is one of the surfaces of an ornithopter.

The Aeroplane Speaks |H. Barber

Have a knowledge of the theory of the aeroplane, helicopter, and ornithopter, and of the spherical and dirigible balloon.

How Girls Can Help Their Country |Juliette Low

ornithopter

/ (ˈɔːnɪˌθɒptə) /

a heavier-than-air craft sustained in and propelled through the air by flapping wings Also called: orthopter