nonvolant

== English == === Alternative forms === non-volant === Etymology === From non- +‎ volant. === Adjective === nonvolant (not comparable) Incapable of flight. Synonyms: flightless, nonflying 20178, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 1 March: Given this ability for long-distance oceanic dispersal, giant tortoises must have been often among the first large, non-volant vertebrates to colonize islands.