Brevipennate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brevipennate \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.
     [1913 Webster] Brevirostral