wingless

ˈwɪŋləs

Definition

Definition of wingless - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

absence

Rare

missing expected wings or similar features

Rare

The wingless statue stood in the garden.

flightless

biology

TECH.

lacking wings or having only rudimentary ones

TECH.

The wingless insects crawled on the ground.

apterous

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Origin of wingless

Old English, winge (wing) + -less (without)

Terms with wingless included in their meaning

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louse

insects

small wingless insect parasitic on mammals

flea

entomology

small wingless insect that feeds on blood of mammals and birds

booklouse

insects

minute wingless insect harmful to books and papers

bristletail

entomology

small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail

collembolan

entomology

small wingless insect of the order Collembola

lifting body

aerospace

wingless aircraft generating lift from body shape

machilid

entomology

wingless insect in the Machilidae family

sand cricket

insect

large wingless insect burrowing in loose soil

Examples of wingless in a sentence

Insects in the cave were mostly wingless.
The wingless birds hopped from branch to branch.
Scientists studied the wingless species in the lab.

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French:sans ailes, aptère, ...
German:flügellos, flügellahm, ...
Italian:senza ali, ...
Spanish:sin alas, áptero, ...
Portuguese:sem asas, áptero, ...
Chinese:无翼的, 无翅的, ...
Japanese:翼のない, 無翅の, ...
Arabic:بِلا أَجْنِحَة, بِدون أَجْنِحَة, ...
Hebrew:חֲסַר כְּנָפַיִם, ...
Russian:бескрылый, лишённый крыльев, ...
Ukrainian:безкрилий, безкрилковий, ...
Hindi:बिना पंखों, पंखविहीन, ...
Bengali:ডানাবিহীন, ...
Catalan:sense ales, aptere, ...
Czech:bezkřídlý, nekřídlatý, ...
Danish:vingeløs, uden vinger, ...
Dutch:vleugelloze, ...
Greek:χωρίς φτερά, ...
Hungarian:szárnyatlan, röpképtelen, ...
Khmer:គ្មានស្លាប, ស្លាបមិនពេញលេញ, ...
Korean:날개 없는, 무익의, ...
Persian:بی‌بال, بی‌پر, ...
Polish:bezskrzydły, ...
Portuguese (BR):sem asas, áptero, ...
Romanian:fără aripi, fără zbor, ...
Swedish:vinglös, ...
Thai:ที่ไม่มีปีก, ไม่มีปีก, ...
Turkish:kanatsız, uçma yeteneği olmayan, ...
Vietnamese:không cánh, cụt cánh, ...

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Definition of wingless - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

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