brevipen

== English == === Etymology === From Latin brevis (“short”) + penna (“wing”). Compare French brévipenne. === Noun === brevipen (plural brevipens) (obsolete) A brevipennate (short-winged) bird, in a former proposed classification, Brevipennes === References === “brevipen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.