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Apteral
//ˈæptəɹəl// adj
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Adjective
- 1 apterous, wingless not-comparable
"The female is apteral, but provided with a noisy apparatus for attracting the male's attention."
- 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 having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides wordnet
- 2 (of insects) without wings wordnet
See also for "apteral"
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