flightless

flightless

English

Etymology

From flight +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• enPR: flīt'lĭs

Adjective

flightless (not comparable)

1. Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
   • 2010, Alexander Elder, Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand:

     America has its bald eagle and New Zealand has its kiwi, a flightless brown bird.

Antonyms

• flighted
• volant

Derived terms

• flightless cormorant
• New Guinea flightless rail

 

Translations

unable to fly

Czech: nelétavý Danish: ikke flyvedygtig Dutch: niet-vliegend Finnish: lentokyvytön (fi) German: flugunfähig (de) Greek: άπτερος (el) (ápteros) Hungarian: röpképtelen Icelandic: ófleygur Italian: incapace di volare Lithuanian: neskraidantis Norwegian: Bokmål: flygeudyktig Nynorsk: flygeudyktig Persian: بی‌پرواز‎ (bi-parvâz) Polish: nielotny (pl) Russian: нелета́ющий (ru) (neletájuščij) Telugu: ఎగురలేని (eguralēni)

See also

• wingless