wingless
wingless — adjective
- winglesspositive
- more winglesscomparative
- most winglesssuperlative
1. Not having any wings — the physical structure that birds, insects, and some othe
Not having any wings — the physical structure that birds, insects, and some other animals use to fly. The word describes a permanent physical feature of a creature, not a temporary condition.
Theo found a wingless ant crawling across his desk during biology class.
attributive: wingless ant
Dr. Anika Patel studies a rare wingless moth that lives only in desert caves.
wingless moth / species with restricted habitat
A wingless kiwi hunts at night using its long beak and keen sense of smell.
Wei examined a wingless beetle under the microscope and noted its tiny leg joints.
Most insects in this cave system are wingless because they never need to fly.
- flightless
refers to animals that have wings but cannot fly (e.g., ostriches, penguins); not interchangeable with wingless
- apterous
technical biological term for wingless, used in scientific writing about insects
- winged
having one or more pairs of wings; the direct opposite of wingless
文法句型
wingless + noun (wingless insect / wingless bird)
be + wingless (most cave insects are wingless)
用法筆記
Wingless describes a physical absence of wings, while flightless describes animals that have wings but cannot fly (e.g., an ostrich is flightless, not wingless). Wingless is used almost exclusively in biological or descriptive contexts about animals.