'Brevipennate' definitions:

Definition of 'Brevipennate'

From: 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