wingless

adjective

wing·less ˈwiŋ-ləs

: having no wings or very rudimentary wings

winglessness noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The wingless middle generation are the ones who conduct suicide campaigns against attacking predators. —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2010 Locust eggs take just two weeks to hatch, and wingless baby locusts—referred to as nymphs or hoppers and as tiny as a pinky fingernail—cracked open their eggs on Kenyan soil during February and early March. —

Neha Wadekar, Quartz Africa, 10 Apr. 2020 Females, however, molt into wingless nymph-like adults. —

oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2020 Lice are tiny, wingless parasites that feast on minuscule amounts of blood for survival. —

Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2019 A few weeks later, one pilot saw a red-ish, wingless cigar-shape object. —

Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2019

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