(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:14:35

Brev`i*pen"nate (?), a. [L. brevis short + E. pennate.] Zool.

Short-winged; -- applied to birds which can not fly, owing to their short wings, as the ostrich, cassowary, and emu.

 

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