flightless

IPA: fɫˈaɪtɫʌs

adjective

  • Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
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Examples of "flightless" in Sentences

  • Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?"
  • This neatly solves the age-old problem of how "flightless" birds could have reached the different continents: they were not flightless at all, and simply flew.
  • Meanwhile, much ado is building up over Etopen, Nodoka's cute, fat penguin mascot who was snatched from her while she napped and is now doing the rounds passing from hand to hand in some kind of flightless bird equivalent of pass the parcel.
  • UPDATE: SO, I am told by doctor that I have, in all likelihood, a post-viral infection, brought on and perpetuated by being consistently run aground by the Great Yellow Budgerigar, which, although flightless, is a fast-moving and demanding creature.

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