Sentence example with the word 'apterous'

apterous

Definition adj. (of insects) without wings

Last update: August 12, 2015


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Perhaps, however, the name may only signify a large terrestrial biting apterous insect, surpassing the ant in size and predatory habits.   [Please select]

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That of the glowworm (Lampyridæ) is not unlike the apterous female.   [Please select]

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It has long been known, indeed, that there are species in which certain individuals remain always apterous, while others acquire wings.   [Please select]

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Collembola: an ordinal term applied to species which are apterous; have no metamorphoses; have variably developed abdominal saltatorial appendages and a peculiar ventral tube at base: the spring-tails.   [Please select]

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apterium - apterous - apteryx