Definition of Flightless. Meaning of Flightless. Synonyms of Flightless

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Flightless. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Flightless and, of course, Flightless synonyms and on the right images related to the word Flightless.

Definition of Flightless

No result for Flightless. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Flightless from wikipedia

- Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species, including the well known ratites (ostriches...
- The flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), also known as the Galapagos cormorant, is a cormorant endemic to the Galapagos Islands, and an example...
- especially in dense habitat. Some are also flightless at some time during their moult periods. Flightlessness in rails is one of the best examples of parallel...
- The ostriches are a family, Struthionidae, of flightless birds. The two extant species of ostrich are the common ostrich and Somali ostrich, both in the...
- Rallidae. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seyc****es. A flightless subspecies (sometimes considered a distinct species), Dryolimnas (cuvieri)...
- television series such as Grey's Anatomy, The L Word and House M.D. "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" was used in the film Twilight. The song was specifically...
- Flightless fruit flies (Order Diptera) encomp****es a variety of different species of fly, such as Drosophila melanogaster, Bactrocera cucurbitae, Bactrocera...
- psychedelic rock, and were released on the band's independent record label, Flightless, founded by Moore in 2012. Their third to eighth albums—Float Along –...
- evolutionary studies have shown that many flightless birds have evolved from flighted birds. Penguins, although flightless, possess a keel bone. This skeleton...
- Moa were nine species (in six genera) of now-extinct flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae...
Loading...