Examples of 'short wings' in a sentence

Meaning of "short wings"

short wings - This phrase is used to describe an airplane with relatively small wings, which can have an impact on its flying capabilities. It is often used in aviation and aeronautics

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Its short wings render it almost flightless.
Some apterous or have very short wings.
They have short wings and long legs.
Some adults may have very short wings.
Short wings can be moved quickly up and down.
And a duck with short wings.
Very short wings and are incapable of flight.
Their flight is fast and direct on short wings.
Short wings all controlled.
The seriemas have short wings and rarely take flight.
The building consists of a main block flanked by two short wings.
Prinias have short wings but long tapering tails.
Ostriches do not fly because they have very short wings.
Their short wings give them a distinctive whirring flight.
It is almost flightless and has very short wings and tail.

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Their short wings are not capable of sustained flight.
They fly with fast wing beats due to their short wings.
These birds have short wings and they can not.
The queen is unable to fly far due to her comparatively short wings.
They have short wings and the adults have brown feathers.
These proportions imply that Arcticodactylus had relatively short wings and large feet.
Their short wings are adapted for swimming with a flying technique under water.
The guard can be described as two short wings pointing either forward or backward.
The short wings beat very quickly and the birds usually keep low to the water.
The basis was shaped as a cross with short wings of the transept and polygonal shrine.
Their flight is fast and direct, thanks to their short wings.
So Airbus engineers added two short wings extending from each side of the fuselage.
Adult males are poorer fliers than females, due to their short wings.
The Grimstars are flying machines with small short wings and three large thin wheels underneath.
They have short wings and are reluctant to fly, preferring to run.
The flight is direct, with fast whirring wing beats due to the short wings.
These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill.
This work produced a pyramid-shaped design with a flat underside and short wings.
They have a short dark bill, short wings and a long notched tail.
As its short wings suggest, the species rarely flies, but it is a powerful runner.
They have a short dark bill, short wings and a moderately long tail.
These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings.
The bird was bulky, slow with short wings that prevented it to from flying.
Synthliboramphus auks are small, with mainly black upper parts and white the short wings.
They are excellent swimmers, using their short wings to stroke underwater with a flying motion.
Also, the axial and rotational forces are the same for all the short wings.
They have fairly short wings resulting in a fast flap rate, but long, tapered tails.
The adult has a plain brown back, pale grey underparts, a broad tail and short wings.
They have large heads, short wings and strong bills, with short legs and diminutive feet.
Engravings show a pedimented house similar to Horseheath, but with short wings at each end.
This ground roller has short wings and long, pinkish-brown legs.
You would have a falcon 's short wings.
The short wings were a " primitive " feature for pterosaurs, but Preondactylus was a fully developed flier.
The Aldabra brush warbler was a slender bird with relatively short wings and a long, pointed tail.
It works. Short wings all controlled.

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