flightless

Thân thiện

A penguin is a flightless bird that swims in the ocean.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Incapable of flying: Describes a bird or other animal that does not have the physical ability to fly.

Usage

• The word "flightless" is used to describe animals, primarily birds, that have lost or never evolved the ability to fly. It is a descriptive adjective typically placed before a noun.
• Example: "The flightless bird waddled across the beach."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The ostrich is a large, flightless bird native to Africa.
  • Penguins are flightless, but they are excellent swimmers.
  • The dodo was a flightless bird that is now extinct.

Advanced Usage

• "flightless condition": Refers to the state or characteristic of being unable to fly.
  • The flightless condition of the kiwi is an adaptation to its ground-based lifestyle in New Zealand.

Variants and Related Words

• Flightlessness (noun): The quality or state of being incapable of flight.
  • The flightlessness of some island birds evolved due to the absence of predators.

Synonyms

• Non-flying: Not capable of flight.
• Earthbound: Confined to the ground (can be literal or figurative).

Antonyms

• Volant: Capable of flying.
• Flying: Having the ability to fly.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. incapable of flying