Aptera
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See also: aptera
Translingual[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Aptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – various cockroaches.
- (obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)
- Entotrophi, certain of the bristletails
- Apterygota, certain wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails.
References[edit]
- “Aptera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Aptera”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Aptera
- (historical) An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site.
- Synonym: Apteron