wingless

[ wing-lis ]

/ ˈwɪŋ lɪs /

adjective

having no wings.

having only rudimentary wings, as an apteryx.

Origin of wingless

First recorded in1585–95; wing + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM wingless

wing·less·ness, noun

Words nearby wingless

winger, wing flat, wing-footed, wing formula, wing it, wingless, winglet, winglike, wing loading, wingman, wing nut

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Example sentences from the Web for wingless

When one designer randomly drew a picture of round, wingless birds with bushy eyebrows, they knew they had an idea.
The Week's Best Journalism|The Daily Beast|February 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Bacillus rosii is a brown, wingless form found in Italy and the south of France.
The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies|W. Harcourt Bath
On one of these leaves he placed a plant-louse, which was born under his own eyes, of a wingless mother.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
We are old men trying to sing the loves of children; we are wingless bipeds trying to understand the gods.
Winds Of Doctrine|George Santayana

The Melophagus of the sheep is a wingless dipterous insect, like the Lipoptena of the stag.
Animal Parasites and Messmates|P. J. Van Beneden
Your case of the wingless insects near the Rocky Mountains is extremely curious.
More Letters of Charles Darwin|Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for wingless

wingless

/ (ˈwɪŋlɪs) /

adjective

having no wings or vestigial wings

designating primitive insects of the subclass Apterygota, characterized by small size, lack of wings, and larvae resembling the adults: includes the springtails and bristletails

Derived forms of wingless

winglessness, noun

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单词	wingless
释义	wingless [ wing-lis ] / ˈwɪŋ lɪs / adjective having no wings. having only rudimentary wings, as an apteryx. Origin of wingless First recorded in1585–95; wing + -less OTHER WORDS FROM wingless wing·less·ness, noun Words nearby wingless winger, wing flat, wing-footed, wing formula, wing it, wingless, winglet, winglike, wing loading, wingman, wing nut Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wingless When one designer randomly drew a picture of round, wingless birds with bushy eyebrows, they knew they had an idea. The Week's Best Journalism\|The Daily Beast\|February 11, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Bacillus rosii is a brown, wingless form found in Italy and the south of France. The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies\|W. Harcourt Bath On one of these leaves he placed a plant-louse, which was born under his own eyes, of a wingless mother. The Insect World\|Louis Figuier We are old men trying to sing the loves of children; we are wingless bipeds trying to understand the gods. Winds Of Doctrine\|George Santayana The Melophagus of the sheep is a wingless dipterous insect, like the Lipoptena of the stag. Animal Parasites and Messmates\|P. J. Van Beneden Your case of the wingless insects near the Rocky Mountains is extremely curious. More Letters of Charles Darwin\|Charles Darwin British Dictionary definitions for wingless wingless / (ˈwɪŋlɪs) / adjective having no wings or vestigial wings designating primitive insects of the subclass Apterygota, characterized by small size, lack of wings, and larvae resembling the adults: includes the springtails and bristletails Derived forms of wingless winglessness, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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