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  • Flightless bird — Penguins are a well known example of flightless birds Flightless birds are birds which lack the ability to fly, relying instead on their ability to run or swim. They are thought to have evolved from flying ancestors.[1] There are about forty… …   Wikipedia

  • flightless bird — noun flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds • Syn: ↑ratite, ↑ratite bird • Ant: ↑carinate (for: ↑ratite) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bird ichnology — is the study of avian life traces in ornithology and paleontology. Such life traces can include footprints, nests, feces and coproliths. Scientists gain insight about the behavior and diversity of birds by studying such evidence.Ichnofossils (or… …   Wikipedia

  • bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …   Universalium

  • Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …   Universalium

  • Bird flight — Flight is the main mode of locomotion used by most of the world s bird species. Flight assists birds while feeding, breeding and avoiding predators.Evolution of bird flightMost paleontologists agree that birds evolved from small theropod… …   Wikipedia

  • bird — Synonyms and related words: Bronx cheer, Jane, atomic warhead, avifauna, baby bird, bastard, biddy, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, bitch, boo, broad, bugger,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • flightless — [[t]fla͟ɪtləs[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A flightless bird or insect is unable to fly because it does not have the necessary type of wings. ...a flightless dinosaur …   English dictionary

  • flightless — flight|less [ˈflaıtləs] adj unable to fly ▪ a flightless bird …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • flightless — flight|less [ flaıtləs ] adjective a flightless bird, insect, etc. cannot fly even though it has wings …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • flightless — adjective unable to fly: a flightless bird …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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