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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, a + -pterous, or by surface analysis, aptery + -ous.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈæptərəs/
Adjective
apterous (not comparable)
- (zoology) Without wings.
- Synonyms: apteral, unwinged, wingless
- Antonym: winged
- Coordinate terms: subapterous, brachypterous, bipterous, dipterous, tripterous; featherless
- Near-synonym: flightless
- (biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
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