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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aptera \Ap"te*ra\, n. pl [NL. aptera, fr Gr ? without wings;
'a priv. + ? wing, ? to fly.] (Zo["o]l.)
Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linn[ae]n
order of insects, an artificial group which included
Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals
are now placed in several distinct classes and orders
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