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flightless

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flightless
(of certain birds and insects) unable to fly


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One is small and flightless and the other is large and blind, and both have been left behind for the winter.
Because this bird evolved for millions of years on an island with no mammalian predators, it grew large and flightless, and lost its defensive traits.
The fruit in question is not a kiwi but a feijoa that happens to resemble the flightless bird that is the national symbol of New Zealand.
 
 
 
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