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ornithopter (n.)
1908, from French
ornithoptère
(1908), a machine designed to fly be mechanical flapping of wings, from
ornitho-
+ Greek
pteron
"wing" (see
ptero-
). A mode of flight considered promising at least since Leonardo's day.
