wingless

ˈwɪŋləs
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Translation of wingless into German

Adjective

1.

absence

Rare
missing expected wings or similar features
Rare
flügellos ohne Flügel
  • The wingless statue stood in the garden.Die flügellose Statue stand im Garten.
2.

biology

TECH.
lacking wings or having only rudimentary ones
TECH.
flügellos flügellahm
  • The wingless insects crawled on the ground.Die flügellosen Insekten krochen auf dem Boden.
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Synonyms and analogies of wingless in English

adj.flightlessapterousMore synonyms

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.

Translations of "wingless" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
flügellosadj.

Springtails belong to the oldest group of insects and are always wingless.

Springschwänze gehören zu den Urinsekten, sind aber immer flügellos.

The angels in our illustration, however, are wingless and male children.

Die Engel in unserer Zeichnung sind allerdings flügellos und männliche Kinder.

flügellose

In the wild, wingless insects can sometimes evade predators more effectively.

In der Wildnis können flügellose Insekten manchmal effektiver Raubtieren ausweichen.

The wingless penguin waddled toward the water, oblivious to the summer sun.

Der flügellose Pinguin watschelte zum Wasser hin, ohne die Sommersonne zu beachten.

flügellosen

The wingless sanitary napkins are convenient for women during the period time.

Die flügellosen Damenbinden sind bequem für Frauen während der Periode.

You're the man who was experimenting with wingless flight.

Du bist derjenige, der mit dem flügellosen Flug experimentiert hat.

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Other translations for wingless:

  • ohne Flügeladj.

wingless: Examples and translations in context

They are very small and wingless, but quite fast.

Diese Kreaturen sind sehr klein und flügellos, aber sehr schnell.

Fleas have a laterally flattened, brownish body and are wingless.

Flöhe besitzen einen seitlich abgeflachten, bräunlich gefärbten Körper und sind flügellos.

Despite being wingless, the creature scurried quickly across the sandy beach.

Obwohl das Wesen flügellos war, huschte es schnell über den sandigen Strand.

A female glow-worm is wingless, up to a few centimetres long and reminds of a larva.

Weibliche Glühwürmchen sind flügellos, bis zu wenigen Zentimetern lang und erinnern an eine Larve.

Bed bugs are round, hairy, of a reddish-brown color, about four to five millimeters long and wingless.

Ausgewachsene Bettwanzen sind rundlich, behaart, von rotbrauner Farbe, etwa vier bis fünf Millimeter lang und flügellos.

The female is different in appearance than the male, seeming to be wingless at casual glance, but she does have two very short and useless wings just below her head.

Die Frau ist anscheinend verschieden als der Mann, scheinend, mit dem zufälligen flüchtigen Blick flügellos zu sein, aber sie hat wirklich zwei sehr kurze und nutzlose Flügel gerade unter ihrem Kopf.

Braula coeca = A wingless fly commonly known as the bee louse.

Braula coeca = eine flügellose Fliege, gemeinhin als Bienenlaus bekannt.

The wingless fish moved gracefully through the coral, its fins guiding it along.

Der flügellose Fisch bewegte sich anmutig durch das Korallenriff, seine Flossen führten ihn.

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