Apterous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having no wings or winglike extensions: an apterous insect.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Destitute of wings; wingless.
  • adj. Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Destitute of wings; apteral.
  • adj. Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In zoology: Wingless; having no wings: applied both to wingless insects belonging to winged groups, and to the wingless stage of winged insects.
  • Specifically, of or pertaining to the Aptera.
  • In botany, destitute of membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole: opposed to alate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of insects) without wings
    • Equivalent
    wingless   
    Antonym
    alate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    apteral   
     
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