Shortwing

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

  Shortwing \Short"wing`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds
     having short wings and a short tail. They belong to
     Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.
     [1913 Webster]