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apteral |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apteral \Ap"ter*al\, a. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Apterous. 2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to {peripteral}. --R. Cyc. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apteral adj 1: having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides [ant: {peripteral}] 2: (of insects) without wings [syn: {apterous}]
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