flightless
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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incapable of flying
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