Brevipennes (Lat., 'short-winged'), an obsolete name, applied by Cuvier to the running-birds like ostrich, rhea, and emu, in which the wings are rudimentary. See BIRD (p. 173), OSTRICH, &c.
Brevipennes
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 430
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