Definition of "flightless" []

• Incapable of flying. Used of certain birds, such as the penguin. (adjective)

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• "UPDATE: SO, I am told by doctor that I have, in all likelihood, a post-viral infection, brought on and perpetuated by being consistently run aground by the Great Yellow Budgerigar, which, although flightless, is a fast-moving and demanding creature."
• "Even the flying spaghetti monster on Futurama: "You seriously believe I'm descended from some kind of flightless manicotti?""
• "This neatly solves the age-old problem of how "flightless" birds could have reached the different continents: they were not flightless at all, and simply flew."