Sentences with 'flightless'
Example sentences and phrases with the word flightless and other words derived from it.
• « 250 million years ago, the pesky summer prowler called the mosquito was flightless, spending its short life basking in the sun. Back then, the insects' underdeveloped wings served as a kind of heat collector. »
• « New Zealand, unlike their original islands, was abundant in wild game, so the Maori used both agriculture and hunting to sustain the Iwi. One of their biggest sources of food was the Moa, a large flightless bird. The Moas varied in size from the height of a turkey to 3.7 metres high. Unfortunately, this made them easy targets, and they became extinct due to over-hunting by about 1500. As a result of this, the Maori switched back to agriculture. »