apterous

English

Alternative forms

• apteran

Etymology

a- +‎ -pterous

Adjective

apterous (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 354:

     The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects.

2. (biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.

Translations

wingless — see wingless