Definition of "wingless" []

• Having no wings or only rudimentary wings. (adjective)

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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."
• "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."
• "Aptera (Greek for "wingless") is an environmentally-friendly car that's as clean and green as it is fantastically futuristic."