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aptenodytes patagonica |
aptera |
apteral |
apteran |
apteria |
apterous
| apteryges
| apterygidae
| apterygiformes
| apteryx
| aptitude
apterous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective apterous has 1 sense
- apterous(s = adj.all) apteral - (of insects) without wings; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
apterous, a.
- Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects. [1913 Webster]
- Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to
alate . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
apterous, adj.
1 Zool. (of insects) without wings.
2 Bot. (of seeds or fruits) having no winglike expansions.
1 Zool. (of insects) without wings.
2 Bot. (of seeds or fruits) having no winglike expansions.
Etymology
Gk apteros f. a- not + pteron wing
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