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单词 brachypterous
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brachypterous
brachypterous adj.
Brit. /brəˈkɪpt(ə)rəs/
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U.S. /brəˈkɪpt(ə)rəs/
short-winged: applied to certain species of diving-birds; also applied to insects. [After French brachyptère (1770 or earlier) < post-classical Latin brachypterus (1676 or earlier) < ancient Greek βραχύπτερος.]
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brachypterous1842
1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 163/1 Brachypterous, in Ornithology, when the folded wings of a bird do not reach to the base of the tail.
1939 Nature 15 Apr. 645/2 Ruwenzori provides numerous examples of species of insects which are either short winged (brachypterous) in the female or in both sexes... Apart from this phenomenon of ‘brachypterism’ no obvious cases of adaptation to mountain conditions among insects were noted.
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