emu:a large, flightless australian bird (Dromiceius novaehollandiae)related to and resembling the ostrich and the cassowary.

〞鸸鹋:一种大型、不会飞的澳大利亚鸟(鸸鹋 鸸鹋科),同鸵鸟与食火鸡类似且有血缘关系.〞

A large,clumsy,flightless bird(Raphus cucullatus,formerly of the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean,that has been extinct since the late17th century.

渡渡鸟,孤鸽以前生于印度洋的毛里求斯岛上的一种大而笨重不会飞的鸟(渡渡鸟),17世纪即已绝种

Any of several flightless New Zealand birds,now rare,of the genus Notornis,especially the takahe.

短翅水鸡一种新西兰的现为稀有动物,短翅水鸡属,尤指黑水鸡

A large,flightless Australian bird(Dromiceius novaehollandiae)related to and resembling the ostrich and the cassowary.

鸸鹋一种大型、不会飞的澳大利亚鸟(鸸鹋鸸鹋科),同鸵鸟与食火鸡类似且有血缘关系

Any of various flightless ostrichlike birds of the family Dinornithidae,native to New Zealand and extinct for over a century.

恐鸟产自新西兰,已灭绝一个多世纪的任何恐鸟科的无翅的,似鸵鸟的鸟

Relating to or being any of a group of flightless birds having a flat breastbone without the keellike prominence characteristic of most flying birds.

平胸鸟的与一种平胸,没有一般飞翔性鸟类所特有的龙骨状突起的不会飞的鸟有关的;属于这一类鸟的

The penguin is a flightless bird

企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。

The penguin is a flightless bird.

企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。

cassowary:any of several large flightless birds of the genus Casuarius of australia, New Guinea, and adjacent areas, having a large, bony projection on the top of the head and brightly colored wattles.

食火鸡:澳大利亚、新圭亚那及邻近地区的一种食火鸡属的不会飞的大型鸟类,在头顶有一个大的、骨质的突出物和颜色鲜艳的垂肉。

Adapted for walking or having limbs adapted for walking.Used of flightless birds.

适于步行的,具步行足的适于步行的或具有适于步行的足的。用于不能飞的鸟类

A genus of extinct,large,flightless birds native to Madagascar.

象鸟,隆鸟一种不会飞的巨鸟,产于马达加斯加岛,现已绝种

A flightless bird(Gallirallus australis)of New Zealand,having mottled brown plumage and short legs.

秧鸡新西兰一种不能飞的鸟(新西兰秧鸡),有褐色带斑纹的羽毛和短腿

Any of several flightless birds of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand,having vestigial wings and a long,slender bill.

鹬鸵一种新西兰产的无翼属不能飞的鸟,翼退化咀长而细

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The top picture shows similar filaments discovered by Dr McKellar and his team, suggesting flightless dinosaurs sporting such protofeathers were still around in the late Cretaceous.

上图所示为麦凯乐博士及其研究小组发现的类似丝状的羽毛，表明长有这些原生羽毛的“非鸟”恐龙在白垩纪后期仍然存活着。

a constant migration of larvae in this direction would be easy to maintain—thus solving the question of how a flightless beetle can island-hop so effectively.

幼虫按照这个方向进行经常性迁移将会是轻而易举的—因此也解决了—一只不会飞的甲壳虫如何在岛屿间如此高效来回迁移—的问题。

These feathers, then, presumably adorned a diving bird-perhaps Hesperornis, a flightless North American diver from precisely this period.

这些羽毛想必当时是归潜鸟所有——也许是“黄昏鸟”，一种恰好生活在这一时期不会飞翔的北美潜鸟。

The only difference in the shorebird case is that they were separated by time, whereas the large flightless birds were separated by oceans.

滨鸟进化过程的唯一不同是，它们是被时间分隔的；而那些大型的、不会飞行的鸟类是被海洋所分离。

Later, some of those flightless insects evolved wings again.

可是再后来，其中一些失去飞行能力的竹节虫又重新长出了翅膀。

Mammoths, mastodons, massive ground sloths, woolly rhinoceros, cave bears and large flightless birds suddenly became extinct.

猛犸象、乳齿象、巨型陆地树懒、羊角犀牛、洞熊和大型飞鸟突然间灭绝了。

The moa was another flightless giant bird that lived in New Zealand until it was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.

摩亚恐鸟是生存在新西兰岛的另一种巨型鸟，同样缺乏进攻性，由于人类的捕杀已于18世纪灭绝。

The dodo, a three-foot-tall flightless bird with a great big beak, has become a symbol of extinction.

身高三英尺、拥有巨喙的渡渡鸟已经成为了“动物灭绝”的标志。

The wing of Xenicibis (top) compared with that of a typical ibis Eudocimus (middle) and the extinct, flightless ibis Apteribis (bottom).

始祖鸟的翅膀（顶部）与典型鹮类（中部）和已灭绝不飞行的鹮类（底部）样本对比。

Are our shiny, flightless wings not still a source of revulsion?

我们锃光发亮但不太会飞的翅膀不还是会令人厌恶吗？

The weapon: flightless birds, launched by catapult.

武器是不会飞的小鸟，通过发射机起飞。

Small animals such as velociraptor that have generally been thought to be dinosaurs are more likely flightless birds, he said.

像伶盗龙（velociraptor）这类一般被视为恐龙的小型动物其实更像没有羽毛的鸟类，他说。

Before people arrived it was home to just a flightless bird, a land crab and no more than 30 species of plant, none as big as a bush.

在人类到达这座岛屿之前，它只是一种不会飞的鸟类、一种陆蟹和不超过30种植物的家园，所有植物的大小都不超过一丛灌木。

During this time mammals, along with some large flightless birds, did take over. Then they became extinct.

在这期间，一些哺乳动物与一些无飞行能力的大型鸟类对这个世界也有过当家作主的经历，之后它们就灭绝了。