Ultimately froma- +‎Ancient Greekπτερ(όν)(pter(ón),“wing”). The noun is specificallyAptera +‎-an; the adjective isa- +‎-pteran.

apteran (pluralapterans)

1. (zoology) Any of theAptera, anobsoletetaxonomiccategory ofwinglessarthropods.

apteran (notcomparable)

1. Alternative form ofapterous.

• “apteran”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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