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Equipped with wings, fluent in regret, grounded by evolution's most honest budget cut.
means Describes a bird or insect that has lost the ability to fly, usually because survival no longer required it.
from Plain English compound: flight plus the Old English suffix -less, meaning without — wings minus the punchline.
Trade-offMany traded flying for swimming, running, or sheer size.
Island lifePredator-free islands breed the most flightless species.
HeavyweightOstriches outrun horses, no takeoff required.