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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

apteran en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of apterous.
    alt of apterous

apteran en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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Translations (1)

pt áptero (any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods)