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aphanipterous

aphanipterous adjective: of or pertaining to fleas of Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.

Adjective

aphanipterous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to fleas of Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.
    • According to the brief text surrounding the drawing, the emerald was an aphanipterous parasite of Caledonian wintergreen, a plant peculiar to Scotland, and was sometimes endowed with an intermittent phosphorescence at night which gave rise to a sort of green halo above it, parallel to the general...1914, Raymond Roussel, translated by Rupert Copeland Cuningham, Locus Solus

Origin of aphanipterous

From translingual Aphaniptera + -ous.

Questions about aphanipterous

What does aphanipterous mean?
Aphanipterous means of or pertaining to fleas of Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.
What part of speech is aphanipterous?
Aphanipterous is an adjective.

Words near aphanipterous in the dictionary

  1. aphananthy
  2. aphanesite
  3. aphaniid
  4. aphaniids
  5. aphaniphyric
  6. aphanipterous
  7. aphanisis
  8. aphanite
  9. aphanites
  10. aphanitic
  11. aphanizophyll

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