Aptera

See also: aptera

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Aptera

1. (Aptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – certain giant cockroaches, of South Africa.
2. Any of various higher-ranking groups of wingless arthropods, including:
   1. (obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)
   2. Entotrophi, certain of the bristletails
   3. Apterygota, certain wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Blaberidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Polyneoptera – superorder; Blattodea – order; Blaberoidea – superfamily; Blaberidae – family; Epilamprinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus in Blaberidae): Aptera fusca, Aptera munda – species

References

• Aptera (cockroach) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Aptera (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “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