apterous
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apterous (not comparable)
- (zoology) Destitute of wings.
- 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 354:
- The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects.
- (biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
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wingless — see wingless