"apterous" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From a- + -pterous.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "en:Zoology",
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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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Destitute of wings."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "zoology",
          "zoology"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) Destitute of wings."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unwinged"
        },
        {
          "word": "wingless"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
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        "natural-sciences",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole."
      ],
      "id": "en-apterous-en-adj-lI97EhTr",
      "links": [
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          "biology",
          "biology"
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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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        "not-comparable"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "apteran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apterous"
}

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    "English terms prefixed with a-",
    "English terms suffixed with -pterous",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
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    {
      "word": "subapterous"
    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a- + -pterous.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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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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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Destitute of wings."
      ],
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        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
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        "(zoology) Destitute of wings."
      ],
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        {
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        "Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole."
      ],
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          "biology",
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        ],
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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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        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "apteran"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apterous"
}