wingless

Everyday

Having no wings. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons it describes animals like ostriches, kiwis, emus (whose wings are tiny and useless), fleas, lice, ants that are workers, and some insects. It tells the reader the creature cannot fly. Phrases: wingless bird, wingless insect.

Examples

• The kiwi is almost wingless and cannot fly. tree →
• Fleas are wingless insects that jump. tree →
• Worker ants are wingless, but the queen has wings at first. tree →
• The wingless toy plane would never fly. tree →
• Moas were huge wingless birds in New Zealand. tree →
• Silverfish are small wingless insects. tree →

Note

The suffix -less means without (like hopeless, careless). Some birds called flightless still have small wings, so flightless is often more accurate than wingless.