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Flightless

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winglessHaving no, or only rudimentary, wings.

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winglessHaving no, or only rudimentary, wings.
cormorantnounAny of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
cormorantsnounAny of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
impennate(zoology, archaic) Characterized by short wings unsuitable for flying, covered with feathers resembling scales, as in the penguins.
pinfeathered(ornithology) Having some or all of the feathers imperfectly developed.
ornithopodous(zoology) Belonging to the taxonomic clade of Ornithopoda.
apteral(architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.
plumipednoun(zoology) Having feet covered with feathers.
peripterous(architecture) Surrounded by a single row of columns.
gymnopaedic(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the Gymnopaedia (a Spartan festival)
plumigerousFeathered; having feathers.
protofeatheredHaving protofeathers.
phasianidnounAny semiflightless, gallinaceous game bird.
aviformHaving the shape of a bird
brachypterous(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings.
ornithoidResembling or characteristic of a bird.
avianlikeCharacteristic of birds.
brachypteranAlternative form of brachypterous. [(zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings.]
bird-wittedflighty; incapable of sustained attention
wing-handed(archaic, zoology) Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as in the bats, flying foxes or pterodactyls.

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