"wingbeat" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "wing + beat",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1961, Edmund C. Jaeger, Desert Wildlife, Stanford University Press, page 169",
          "text": "The birds spotted me the moment I approached. A strong southwest gale was blowing. At times, one or both of them would swing almost directly above me and without a single wingbeat remain almost motionless, in defiance of the wind, for moments at a time.",
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          "ref": "2018, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution, Princeton University Press, page 87",
          "text": "In addition to acoustic measurement, other methods can be used to determine wingbeat frequency.",
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        "A single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings."
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          "beat",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "single stroke of the wings in flight",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vingslag"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "wingbeat"
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  "etymology_text": "wing + beat",
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          "text": "In addition to acoustic measurement, other methods can be used to determine wingbeat frequency.",
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        "A single stroke made in flight by the wings of an animal that flies by beating its wings."
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      "sense": "single stroke of the wings in flight",
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      "word": "vingslag"
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  "word": "wingbeat"
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