flightless in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

flightless in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for flightless in the English»Italian Dictionary

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Sometimes the bird can damage its wing in a strike but usually survives and is flightless as the wing heals.
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This allowed the evolution of a number of flightless birds and large reptile species.
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Some flightless varieties of island birds are closely related to flying varieties, implying flight is a significant biological cost.
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Some of the genera which ultimately became extinct were very large, and a tendency to become flightless has been noted in prehistoric darters.
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Being flightless makes recolonisation of burnt areas more difficult for these beetles.
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About 60 extant bird species are flightless, as were many extinct birds.
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Even flightless birds still retain flight feathers, though sometimes in radically modified forms.
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In that case, the larger dromaeosaurids were secondarily flightless, like the modern ostrich.
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The hindwings are completely absent, and both males and females are flightless.
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The great spotted kiwi, as a member of the ratites, is flightless.
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