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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apterous /ˈapt(ə)rəs/

▶adjective Entomology (of an insect) having no wings.

– origin C18: from Gk apteros (from a- ‘without’ + pteron ‘wing’) + -ous.

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