Definition of "wingbeat" [wingbeat]

• A single stroke made by the wing of a bird in flight. (noun)

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• "Outdoors a huge black bird came flapping with a crow's laborious wingbeat."
• "I was used to wingbeat cycles, not Superman-style antics."
• "The water flows through our fingers, ice melts precisely because of the warmth of our hands, flowers fade in sunlight, and even birds carry themselves away with a single wingbeat."