Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Incapable of flying. Used of certain birds, such as the penguin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incapable of flying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Unable to
fly . Usually used with birds such as thepenguin ,ostrich , andemu .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective incapable of flying
Etymologies
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Examples
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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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Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?"
Cody Gault: America's Creationism Problem Cody Gault 2011
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Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?"
Cody Gault: America's Creationism Problem Cody Gault 2011
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Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?"
Cody Gault: America's Creationism Problem Cody Gault 2011
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Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?"
Cody Gault: America's Creationism Problem Cody Gault 2011
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Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?"
Cody Gault: America's Creationism Problem Cody Gault 2011
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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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.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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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.
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