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flightless

(of certain birds and insects) unable to fly

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No references found			3 QL677 Roots, a zoo director, describes the flightlessness of wild birds whose ancestors could fly, including how their abilities changed due to evolution. Flightless birds by SciTech Book News One such characteristic might be flightlessness, because without wings insects may not be able to cross the sea of pines. Learning little things about extinction by Sarre, Alastair / Ecos These divergent origins of New Zealand's birds raise the possibility that flightlessness evolved several different times among the ratites, the scientists conclude. Preserved DNA reveals lineage of moas by Hoppe, Kathryn / Science News			flight path flight plan flight profile flight recorder flight rise flight rules flight run flight science flight simulator flight stability flight technical error flight test flight time flight track flight visibility flight-management computer flight-path angle flight-path computer flight-path deviation flight-path deviation indicator flight-path selector flight-path slope flight-weather briefing flighter flightless flightlessness FLIH Flin Flon flinch flinching Flinck, Govert Flinders Flinders bar Flinders Island Flinders Petrie, Sir William Matthew Flinders Range Flinders Ranges Flinders River Flinders, Matthew fling flinkite Flint flint clay flint glass Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge Flint Hills Scenic Byway flint mill Flint Ridge Cave System Flint, Austin Flint, Richard Foster Flint, Timothy			flighted flighted flighted flighted Flighted pet parrots Flighted pet parrots Flighted pet parrots Flighted pet parrots Flighter Flighter FlightGear Multiplayer Server flightier flightier flightiest flightiest flightily flightily flightiness flightiness flighting flighting flighting flighting flightless flightless flightless flightless bird flightless bird flightless bird Flightless Birds flightlessness Flightline Drainage Ditch Flightnurse Flightnurse Flightnurse Flightnurse flights flights flights flights Flights of Fantasy FlightSafetyBoeing flightworthiness flightworthy flighty flighty FLIH FLIH FLIHA FLIIT Fliks FLIL Flim Flim Flim flam Flim flam flim-flam FLIMBAL flimflam flimflam flimflammed

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flightless (redirected from flightlessness)

flightless
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