flighted

English

Etymology

From flight +‎ -ed.

Adjective

flighted (not comparable)

  1. (of birds) Having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
    Antonym: unflighted
  2. (of birds) Capable of flight.
    Synonyms: flying, volant
    Antonyms: flightless, nonflying, nonvolant
    • 2002 December 5, Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer, Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 312:
      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 […]
  3. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).

Verb

flighted

  1. simple past and past participle of flight
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