apteran
English edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from a- + Ancient Greek πτερ(όν) (pter(ón), “wing”). The noun is specifically Aptera + -an; the adjective is a- + -pteran.
Noun edit
apteran (plural apterans)
Translations edit
any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods
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Adjective edit
apteran (not comparable)
- Alternative form of apterous
References edit
- “apteran”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.