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apterous

/ˈæptərəs/

apterous adjective: without wings.

Adjective

apterous (not comparable)

  1. Without wings.
    • Near-synonym: flightless
    • The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 354
    Antonyms:
    winged
  2. Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.

apterous meaning in Urdu and Bengali

apterous in Urdu

بےپر

apterous in Bengali

ডানাবিহীন

Synonyms of apterous

Antonyms

Forms of apterous

alternative formapteran

Origin of apterous

By surface analysis, a + -pterous, or by surface analysis, aptery + -ous.

Words formed from apterous

Questions about apterous

What does apterous mean?
Apterous means without wings.
What is apterous in Urdu?
Apterous in Urdu is بےپر. See Apterous meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is apterous?
Apterous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce apterous?
Apterous is pronounced /ˈæptərəs/.

Words near apterous in the dictionary

  1. apterodontine
  2. apterodontines
  3. Apteron
  4. apteronotid
  5. apteronotids
  6. apterous
  7. aptery
  8. apterygial
  9. apterygid
  10. apterygids
  11. apterygote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apterous (page history and authors); apterous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apterous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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