flightless bird

Noun

Meaning

flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

penguin emu moa nandu ratite cygnet apteryx kakapo waterfowl tinamou dromaeognathous ratite bird

Antonyms

carinate

Hypernyms

bird

Hyponyms

emu rhea moa kiwi nandu ostrich

Examples

Right wing (definition): As with the left wing, half the propulsive force of a flightless bird. Richard Summerbell

The emu was a large, flightless bird which shared the habitat of the thylacine and was hunted to extinction around 1850, possibly coinciding with the decline in thylacine numbers. Source: Internet

When the journal was published in 1646, it was accompanied by an engraving of a dodo from Savery's "Crocker Art Gallery sketch".sfn A white, stocky, and flightless bird was first mentioned as part of the Réunion fauna by Chief Officer J. Tatton in 1625. Source: Internet

The kiwi is a highly active, if specialized, flightless bird, with a stable body temperature and a fairly low resting metabolic rate, making it a good model for the metabolism of primitive birds and dromaeosaurids. Source: Internet

The ribs are flattened and the sternum is keeled for the attachment of flight muscles except in the flightless bird orders. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

flightiness flightless flightless aquatic bird flightless cormorant flightless fruit fly flightless marine bird