- apteran
- ap·ter·an
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apteran
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Apteran — Ap ter*an, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Aptera. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apteran — adjective or noun see aptera I * * * ˈapteran, a. and n. Zool. [f. as prec. + an.] A. adj. Wingless. B. n. A wingless insect; one of the Aptera. in Brande … Useful english dictionary
dipluran — ▪ insect also called apteran , or entotrophian any of a group of about 800 species of small primitive wingless insects, considered by some entomologists to have features similar to ancestral insects. In some classification schemes, the order… … Universalium
apteroid — Zool. rare. (ˈæptərɔɪd) [f. as apteran a. and n. + oid.] A bird having the wings merely rudimentary (as the emu). [See apod.] … Useful english dictionary
