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Webster 1913 Edition


Apteran

Ap′ter-an

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Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Aptera.

Definition 2024


apteran

apteran

English

Noun

apteran (plural apterans)

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

Translations

Adjective

apteran (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of apterous

References

  • apteran in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913