apterous
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, a + -pterous, or by surface analysis, aptery + -ous.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]apterous (not comparable)
- (zoology) Without wings.
- Synonyms: apteral, unwinged, wingless
- Antonym: winged
- Coordinate terms: subapterous, brachypterous, bipterous, dipterous, tripterous; featherless
- Near-synonym: flightless
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- apteran
- apterium
- aptery (noun)
- Apterygiformes
- Apterygota
- Apteryx
- ptero- (and its derivatives)
Translations
[edit]wingless — see wingless