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Vinony

flighted

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From flight + -ed.

  1. Having flight feathers (for example, upon reaching maturity).
  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[…]”

  3. Having a specified number or kind of flights (of stairs, a screw thread, etc.).

verb

Etymology: From flight + -ed.

  1. simple past and past participle of flight