Aptera

See also: aptera

Translingual

Proper noun

Aptera f

A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – various cockroaches.
(obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)
Entotrophi, certain of the bristletails
Apterygota, certain wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails.

References

“Aptera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“Aptera”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

English

Proper noun

Aptera

(historical) An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site.
Synonym: Apteron

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