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flighted

flighted adjective: having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity). Also the simple past and past participle of flight.

Adjective

flighted (not comparable)

  1. Having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
    Antonyms:
    unflighted
  2. Capable of flight.
    • In comparison with flighted birds, the forelimb of a flightless bird typically has a substantially smaller carpometacarpus and ulna-radius, and the relative proportions between these midwing elements and the humerus, and of these last two to[…]2002 December 5, Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 312
    Synonyms:
    flying, volant
  3. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).

Also used as

flighted is also the simple past and past participle of flight.

Synonyms of flighted

Antonyms

Origin of flighted

From flight + -ed.

Questions about flighted

What does flighted mean?
Flighted means having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
What part of speech is flighted?
Flighted is an adjective.

Words near flighted in the dictionary

  1. flightcase
  2. flightcases
  3. flightcraft
  4. flightcrew
  5. flightcrews
  6. flighted
  7. flighten
  8. flighter
  9. flighters
  10. flightful
  11. flightier

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