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Meanings of flightless bird in English
Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds.
Russian
нелетающие птицы Portuguese
aves não voadoras Spanish
ave no voladora Catalan
ocell no volador Synonyms
Examples for "flightless birds"
Examples for "flightless birds"
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They were large, bipedal, flightless birds, covered with reddish-gray scales instead of feathers.
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Maybe flightless birds were the leading edge.
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But flightless birds are last season now.
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Dodos were flightless birds, related to pigeons.
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Presumably, hitting defenceless, tame, flightless birds over the head with a club was just something to do.
Usage of flightless bird in English
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Gardaí have said they are investigating the case of the missing flightless bird.
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Imagine if you were a flightless bird with young to protect.
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Most folks, Rant says, move through time like a flightless bird on land.
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A flightless bird that survived here because it was never threatened.
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But how did such the strange looking, flightless bird rise to such lofty heights?
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First to go was a flightless bird called a rail.
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She doubted that any small rodent or flightless bird would describe him as sweet.
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Tony Herrings is working with Thames Valley Police to recapture the 5ft tall flightless bird.
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If you want to pass on your genetic material, do not be a flightless bird.
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The iconic flightless bird grinned from each plastic cup.
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They were followed by the dressed carcass of a flightless bird bigger than a man.
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A prehistoric flightless bird fought medieval-style bouts with wings designed as bone-crunching flails, research has shown.
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The great flightless bird moved with a bobbing, rolling run that translated smoothly through the wheels.
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The flightless bird was about the size of a chicken, with a long beak and legs.
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The dodo, a large flightless bird that was endemic to Mauritius has been extinct for over 300 years.
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Then another flightless bird raced between him and the hovel, its movements frozen in series of lightning flashes.
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Translations for flightless bird
Portuguese
Flightless bird through the time