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Definition of Flightless
1. Adjective. Incapable of flying.
Definition of Flightless
1. Adjective. Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flightless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flightless
Literary usage of Flightless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"... confined to the organic world Illustrations of the action of natural selection
in the struggle for existence Degeneration Flightless birds—MX terminal ..."
2. Researches on North American Acridiidae by Albert Pitts Morse (1904)
"The presence of apterous or brachypterous, that is to say, flightless, species
of insects in a relatively large proportion is said to be characteristic of ..."
3. Bird-life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds by Frank Michler Chapman (1901)
"It might then be supposed that permanently flightless forms would be found among
the Grebes and Ducks. But these birds are generally migratory, or, ..."
4. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Flightless, terrestrial birds ,_/ with partially feathered head and neck; ...
_— Flightless terrestrial birds; feathers hair-like and without ..."
5. Traditions of the Arikara by George Amos Dorsey (1904)
"The presence of apterous or brachypterous, that is to say, flightless, species
of insects in a relatively large proportion is said to be characteristic of ..."
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