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flightless

Pronunciation: /ˈflʌɪtlɪs/
Definition of flightless

adjective

  • (of a bird or an insect) naturally unable to fly: Galapagos has the world’s only flightless cormorant

Derivatives

flightlessness

noun

flightless in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of flightless in the US English dictionary
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