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Definition of Apterous
1. Adjective. (of insects) without wings.
Definition of Apterous
1. a. Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects.
Definition of Apterous
1. Adjective. (zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless. ¹
2. Adjective. (biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apterous
1. having no wings [adj]
Medical Definition of Apterous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apterous
Literary usage of Apterous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies Scientific & Social by Alfred Russel Wallace (1900)
"76 species of Staphylinidae, of which all are winged, 1 apterous. ... The totals
are, for the wide-ranging species, 249 winged, 14 apterous = 263; ..."
2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1891)
"In all ^ee species there are always, in their usual condition, at least rudiments
of the •^^ *ra, but there are others commonly quite apterous, in which at ..."
3. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"apterous INSECTS. 734. BESIDES the foregoing Orders, we must include three ...
OP the three apterous orders, this one undoubtedly approaches nearest to the ..."
4. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"Upon becoming adult, however, the intermediate, at a casual glance, appeared to
be apterous. In fact, it required close examination ..."
5. On Parthenogenesis; Or, The Successive Production of Procreating Individuals by Richard Owen (1849)
"Individual development is checked and arrested at the apterous larval condition.
It is plain, there- I another embryo in this larva is the retention of part ..."
6. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"If this first batch made its way in the world distinctly better than later ones,
then A. caja would have taken the first step to having an apterous female. ..."
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