Brachyptery
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title:
Brachyptery
text:
Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Another descriptor for very small wings is microptery.
Brachypterous wings generally are not functional as organs of flight and often seem to be totally functionless and vestigial. In some species, however, flightless wings may have other functions, such as aposematic display in some Orthoptera and Phasmatodea. Brachyptery occurs commonly among insect
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description:
Condition of an animal having short wings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachyptery
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date modified:
2024-04-24T23:34:52Z
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