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apteran.

Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods.

Where this word comes from

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

adj
  1. Alternative form of apterous.

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Where this word comes from

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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