[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flightless.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / flightless

[← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/)

# flightless

«flightless» in Mova's school dictionary: **not able to fly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (flightless)

### meaning for a pupil

Flightless means not able to fly. It is used for birds and insects that have wings but cannot fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on birds and adaptation, flightless birds include the ostrich, emu, kiwi, penguin, cassowary and the extinct dodo; many live where there were few predators. Phrases: «a flightless bird», «flightless insects».

### examples

- The kiwi is a flightless bird from New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x1)
- Penguins are flightless, but they are great swimmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x2)
- Ostriches are flightless and run very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x3)
- The dodo was a flightless bird that is now extinct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x4)
- Many flightless birds lived on islands with no predators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x5)
- Emus are flightless birds from Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x6)
- Some flightless insects, like fleas, jump instead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/#x7)

### note

Formed from «flight» + «-less». Flightless birds still have wings; they are just too small or the bird too heavy. Penguins use their wings as flippers for swimming.

### In the corpora

- [The kiwi is a flightless bird of New Zealand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/45-uk-ireland-canada-australia-nz/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flightless» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flightless/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.