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 at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “Aptera” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
English
Proper noun
Aptera
- (historical) An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site.
- Synonym: Apteron