English Explanatory Dictionary

apteran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.
adj
  1. Alternative form of apterous.

Word forms

apteran apterans

Etymology

Ultimately from a- + Ancient Greek πτερ(όν) (pter(ón), “wing”). The noun is specifically Aptera + -an; the adjective is a- + -pteran.

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