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ˈwingless
/ ˈwɪŋlɪs /
adjective
- having no wings or vestigial wings
- designating primitive insects of the subclass Apterygota, characterized by small size, lack of wings, and larvae resembling the adults: includes the springtails and bristletails
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Derived Forms
- ˈwinglessness, noun
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- wingless·ness noun
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Example Sentences
When one designer randomly drew a picture of round, wingless birds with bushy eyebrows, they knew they had an idea.
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The latter family includes both winged and wingless forms, the Book-mites belonging to the latter category.
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They are wingless, usually with simple eyes, and clothed with scales, and undergo no metamorphosis.
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A third of the rarest moths of the collection for the man of India were antennaless, legless, wingless, and often headless.
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On one of these leaves he placed a plant-louse, which was born under his own eyes, of a wingless mother.
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Most of these insects, which we find so abundant upon our trees, are wingless females.
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