flightless
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- enPR: flīt'lĭs
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flightless (not comparable)
- 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.
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unable to fly
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