Aptera

See also: aptera

Translingual

Proper noun

Aptera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – various cockroaches.
2. (obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)
3. Entotrophi, certain of the bristletails
4. Apterygota, certain wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails.

References

• “Aptera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Aptera”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

English

Proper noun

Aptera

1. (historical) An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site.

   Synonym: Apteron