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."
