"apterous" meaning in English

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      "word": "apterium"
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      "word": "aptery"
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      "word": "Apterygiformes"
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      "word": "Apterygota"
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      "word": "Apteryx"
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      "english": "and its derivatives",
      "word": "ptero-"
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          "word": "winged"
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          "name": "Zoology",
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          "text": "Near-synonym: flightless"
        },
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          "ref": "2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 354:",
          "text": "The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects.",
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        "Without wings."
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        "(zoology) Without wings."
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        {
          "word": "apteral"
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          "word": "unwinged"
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        {
          "word": "wingless"
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        "not-comparable"
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        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
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      "glosses": [
        "Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole."
      ],
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          "petiole",
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        "(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole."
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      "other": "/ˈæptərəs/"
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  "word": "apterous"
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      "word": "aptery"
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      "word": "Apterygiformes"
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      "word": "Apteryx"
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      "english": "and its derivatives",
      "word": "ptero-"
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          "text": "Near-synonym: flightless"
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          "text": "The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects.",
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        "Without wings."
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        "(zoology) Without wings."
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        {
          "word": "apteral"
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        "Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole."
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          "petiole",
          "petiole"
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        "(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole."
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    {
      "other": "/ˈæptərəs/"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "apteran"
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  "word": "apterous"
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