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Bird Whose Wings Are Used As Stabilizers Not For Flying Crossword Clue

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noun

• large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

• any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism

34%9 Their wings are adapted for use as stabilizers while running
noun

• a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)

• fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird

29%4Stabilizers
noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

• one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile

• one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

• a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

• a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish

• organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals

verb

• equip (a car) with fins

• propel oneself through the water in a finning motion

• show the fins above the water while swimming

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