brachypterous

bra·chyp·ter·ous

B0440900 (bră-kĭp′tər-əs)adj. Having short or rudimentary wings, as certain insects.

[From Greek brakhupteros : brakhu-, brachy- + pteron, wing; see -pter.]

bra·chyp′ter·ism (-tə-rĭz′əm) n.

brachypterous

(bræˈkɪptərəs) adj (Zoology) having very short or incompletely developed wings: brachypterous insects. braˈchypterism n

bra•chyp•ter•ous

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adj. having short wings. [1835–45]

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brachypterous - (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wingsshort-wingedwinged - having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";

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adj (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings

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