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flightless, a.|ˈflaɪtlɪs|
[f. flight n.1 + -less.]
Incapable of flying. Also fig.
1875tr. Schmidt's Desc. & Darw. 186 The scanty but wide-spread remains of the order of flightless birds. 1889A. R. Wallace Darwinism 145 The origin of so many flightless and rather bulky birds in oceanic islands. 1953E. Sitwell Gardeners & Astronomers 1 The entity of primal, flightless, winged Stupidity. 1967M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens vii. 101 Large flightless weevils in the mossy forests of New Guinea. 1971Nature 23 Apr. 482/1 BOAC this week found no difficulty in cramming the passengers from a flightless 747 into a conventional jet aircraft, with plenty of room to spare. |