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Flightless vs Phorusrhacid - What's the difference?

flightless | phorusrhacid |

As an adjective flightless

is unable to fly usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.

As a noun phorusrhacid is

a group of extinct flightless birds, of the family , from the cenozoic period who inhabited south america.

flightless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
  • * 2010 , Alexander Elder, Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand
  • America has its bald eagle and New Zealand has its kiwi, a flightless brown bird.

    See also

    * (l)

    phorusrhacid

    English

    Noun

    (Phorusrhacidae) (en noun)
  • A group of extinct flightless birds, of the family , from the Cenozoic period who inhabited South America
  • See also

    * terror bird