Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no wings or only rudimentary wings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no wings; hence, unable to fly; technically, in zoology, apterous; not alate; not winged, in any sense.
- In ornithology, specifically, having rudimentary wings, unfit for flight.; impennate or squami-pennate, as any ratite bird or penguin: as, the wingless kiwis (Apterygidæ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no wings; not able to ascend or fly.
- adjective (Zoöl.) the apteryx.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having no, or only
rudimentary ,wings .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking wings
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Examples
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Insects may thus become secondarily wingless, that is to say be manifestly the offspring of winged parents, and such wingless forms may on the other hand give rise to offspring or descendants with well-developed wings.
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In England we have two species of insects that are called by this name, which properly belongs only to a kind of wingless beetle, found along the hedgerows and moist banks during the summer.
Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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The Frankfurt Motor Show, probably one of the biggest ones in the world, is occurring right now as we speak, and the word from the The Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT Ariel Schwartz 2010
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic.
INHABITAT 2010
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