flightless
pronunciation
How to pronounce flightless in British English:
UK [ˈflaɪtləs]
How to pronounce flightless in American English:
US [ˈflaɪtlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of flying
Word Origin
- flightless (adj.)
- "incapable of flying," 1846, from flight (n.1) + -less. Related: Flightlessly; flightlessness.
Example
- 1. The weapon : flightless birds , launched by catapult .
- 2. It was 12 centimeters long and the heaviest flightless stick insect in the world .
- 3. The ostrich is a flightless bird .
- 4. The penguin is a flightless bird .
- 5. Penguins and ostriches are flightless birds .