(of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having large wings
macropterous in American English
(mæˈkrɑptərəs)
adjective
having unusually large wings or fins
Word origin
macro- + -pterous
Examples of 'macropterous' in a sentence
macropterous
All specimens were macropterous and exclusively caught at fields and waste grounds on sandy soil.
Oleg Aleksandrowicz 2011, 'Recent records of steppe species in Belarus, first indications of a steppe speciesinvasion?', ZooKeyshttp://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=2379. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The assemblages were dominated by small-medium, macropterous species, with summer larvae.
Nicola Pilon, Elisa Cardarelli, Giuseppe Bogliani 2013, 'Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of rice field banks and restored habitats inan agricultural area of the Po Plain (Lombardy, Italy)', Biodiversity Data Journalhttp://bdj.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=972. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Abundance and richness of small-bodied (< 13.9 mm), macropterous (winged), and spring-breeding species decreased with island area and increased with isolation.
Aaron J. Bell, Iain D. Phillips, Scott E. Nielsen, John R. Spence 2017, 'Species traits modify the species-area relationship in ground-beetle (Coleoptera:Carabidae) assemblages on islands in a boreal lake', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0190174. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)