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wing·less

(wĭng′lĭs)

adj.

Having no wings or only rudimentary wings.

wing′less·ness n.

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wingless

(ˈwɪŋlɪs)

adj

1. having no wings or vestigial wings

2. (Animals) designating primitive insects of the subclass Apterygota, characterized by small size, lack of wings, and larvae resembling the adults: includes the springtails and bristletails

ˈwinglessness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

wing•less

(ˈwɪŋ lɪs)

adj.

1. having no wings.

2. having only rudimentary wings, as a kiwi.

[1585–95]

wing′less•ness, n.

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Adj.

wingless - lacking wings

winged - having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";

Translations

بدون أجْنِحَه

vingeløs

flügellos

szárny nélküliszárnyatlan

vængjalaus

attero senza ali

vingeløs

bezkrídly

kanatsız

无翼的

wingless

[ˈwɪŋlɪs] ADJ → sin alas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wingless

[ˈwɪŋlɪs] adj (insect) → privo/a di ali

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wing

(wiŋ) noun

1. one of the arm-like limbs of a bird or bat, which it usually uses in flying, or one of the similar limbs of an insect. The eagle spread his wings and flew away; The bird cannot fly as it has an injured wing; These butterflies have red and brown wings.

2. a similar structure jutting out from the side of an aeroplane. the wings of a jet.

3. a section built out to the side of a (usually large) house. the west wing of the hospital.

4. any of the corner sections of a motor vehicle. The rear left wing of the car was damaged.

5. a section of a political party or of politics in general. the Left/Right wing.

6. one side of a football etc field. He made a great run down the left wing.

7. in rugby and hockey, a player who plays mainly down one side of the field.

8. in the air force, a group of three squadrons of aircraft.

winged adjective

having wings. a winged creature.

-winged

a four-winged insect.

ˈwinger noun

in football etc, a player who plays mainly down one side of the field.

ˈwingless adjective

wings noun plural

the sides of a theatre stage. She waited in the wings.

wing commander

in the air force, the rank above squadron leader.

ˈwingspan noun

the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other when outstretched (of birds, aeroplanes etc).

on the wing

flying, especially away. The wild geese are on the wing.

take under one's wing

to take (someone) under one's protection.

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As the larger ground-feeding birds seldom take flight except to escape danger, I believe that the nearly wingless condition of several birds, which now inhabit or have lately inhabited several oceanic islands, tenanted by no beast of prey, has been caused by disuse.

Wollaston, lie much concealed, until the wind lulls and the sun shines; that the proportion of wingless beetles is larger on the exposed Dezertas than in Madeira itself; and especially the extraordinary fact, so strongly insisted on by Mr.

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It is most disgusting to feel soft wingless insects, about an inch long, crawling over one's body.

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Turning quickly he saw that the thing was what he had immediately guessed it to be--a headless and wingless Wieroo corpse.

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Contrary to its Latin name, Pyrrhocoris apterus, that suggests that firebug is a "wingless fire bug", the species does have wings although it is unable to fly.

A colony of firebugs

Along with "Wingless Wonder", the festival's competition program included documentary films "Azerbaijani Carpet", "Azerbaijani Mugham" and "Azerbaijani Cuisine".

National films screened at festival in Iran

In a paper published in the journal Zootaxa, the researchers said the mute cricket belongs to the genusParanisitra, a group of wingless, long-legged crickets found mainly in the Philippines.

'Mute' cricket discovered in Mindanao

These ugly, wingless, torpedoshaped insects are characterised by a silvery-blue colour, tiny scales and three bristles at the end of their abdomen.

They are the oldest pests in the world

Which Rolling Stone collaborated with Jamaican outfit Wingless Angels on an album of the same name?

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Wrap trunks of tree fruit with grease bands to stop wingless winter moth females climbing up to lay eggs in branches.

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The adult female is sightless, wingless, and lacks useful legs and mouth parts.

The Worm'S Bag

Fiona Presly, of Inverness, took pity on the wingless creature when she found it in her garden last spring.