adjective
- having no wings or having wings that are too small or underdeveloped to be used for flight
Examples
- Penguins are wingless birds that swim instead of fly.
- The wingless insect crawled across the forest floor.
- Some species of beetles are completely wingless.
- The wingless aircraft model was used for ground testing.
- Ostriches are wingless when it comes to actual flight ability.
- The museum displayed a wingless butterfly specimen.