wingbeat
wingbeat noun: a single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings.
Noun
wingbeat (plural wingbeats)
- A single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings.
- The birds spotted me the moment I approached. A strong southwest gale was blowing. At times, one or both of them would swing almost directly above me and without a single wingbeat remain almost motionless, in defiance of the wind, for moments at a time.1961, Edmund C. Jaeger, Desert Wildlife, Stanford University Press, page 169
- In addition to acoustic measurement, other methods can be used to determine wingbeat frequency.2018, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution, Princeton University Press, page 87
Forms of wingbeat
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Origin of wingbeat
From wing + beat.
Questions about wingbeat
- What does wingbeat mean?
- Wingbeat means a single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings.
- What part of speech is wingbeat?
- Wingbeat is a noun.
- What is the plural of wingbeat?
- The plural of wingbeat is wingbeats.
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