flightless
Describing kinds of birds that normally cannot fly, such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
Other meanings
Describing an individual bird that normally would be able to fly but in this case cannot, such as an injured sparrow.
Suddenly deprived of a scheduled (airline) flight by its cancellation.
Related words
- flightless cormorant
- flightlessly
- flightlessness
- New Guinea flightless rail
- semiflightless
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flightless” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.