Apteral

//ˈæptəɹəl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    apterous, wingless not-comparable

    "The female is apteral, but provided with a noisy apparatus for attracting the male's attention."

  2. 2
    Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle. not-comparable

    "There may, however, be entablature without columns, —where the latter are suppressed, as on the flanks of an apteral temple; or omitted entirely, as in astylar building"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides wordnet
  2. 2
    (of insects) without wings wordnet

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