Definition of Flightless

1. Adjective. Incapable of flying.

Similar to: Wingless

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

flight simulator
flight strip
flight surgeon
flightcraft
flighted
flighted(ip)
flighten
flighter
flighters
flightier
flightiest
flightily
flightiness
flightinesses
flighting
flightless
flightless bird
flightlessly
flightlessness
flightpath
flightpaths
flights
flightseeing
flightworthy
flighty
flim
flim-flam
flimflam
flimflammed
flimflammer

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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