Flightless

"Flightless" in a Sentence (13 examples)

The kiwi is a flightless bird of comparable size to the chicken.

Flightless birds are birds that can't fly.

The ostrich is a flightless bird.

Some species of bird are flightless.

Stegosaurs were flightless.

These dung beetles are flightless insects.

Vulnerable indigenous species, including the flightless Tasmanian native hen and bettongs, which are small nocturnal marsupials, would be at particular risk.

Penguins are flightless birds.

Near-synonyms: apterous, wingless

The indigenous fauna of Australia and New Zealand featured an especially interesting array of flightless birds.

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

The animal shelter has a flightless sparrow named Shiny, who seems to make up for his disability by being an avid runner.

Oh great, some wind is blowing in Chicago, so now I'm flightless in Seattle, because this airline can't cope!

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