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nonvolant

nonvolant adjective: incapable of flight.

Adjective

nonvolant (not comparable)

  1. Incapable of flight.
    • Given this ability for long-distance oceanic dispersal, giant tortoises must have been often among the first large, non-volant vertebrates to colonize islands.20178, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 1 March

Synonyms of nonvolant

Forms of nonvolant

alternative formnon-volant

Origin of nonvolant

From non- + volant.

Questions about nonvolant

What does nonvolant mean?
Nonvolant means incapable of flight.
What part of speech is nonvolant?
Nonvolant is an adjective.

Words near nonvolant in the dictionary

  1. nonvocoids
  2. nonvoice
  3. nonvoiced
  4. nonvoid
  5. nonvoidable
  6. nonvolant
  7. nonvolatile
  8. nonvolatility
  9. nonvolatilizable
  10. nonvolatilized
  11. nonvolcanic

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