Crossword-Solution: APTERA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Aptera | n. pl. | Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| APTERA | anagram | APARTE, PATERA |
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| Wingless female aphid | 1 answer |
| Wingless insects. | 1 answer |
| Wingless insects: Zool. | 1 answer |
| wingless insect | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with APTERA (5)
Aptera.] (Zo”l.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi.
The other, Tricondyla aptera, is one of the most curious forms in the family of the Cicindelidae, and is almost exclusively confined to the Malay islands.
Aptera: those that have no wings: an ordinal term formerly employed for fleas, lice and other wingless forms now distributed in other orders: later used for the simplest or lowest insects, including the Thysanura and Collembola.
Aptera.] (Zoöl.) Defn: A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi.
Among the most important of these were--Lyttus or Lyctus, in the interior, south-east of Cnossus; Rhaucus, between Cnossus and Gortyna; Phaestus, in the plain of Messara, between Gortyna and the sea; Polyrrhenia, near the north-west angle of the island; Aptera, a few miles inland from the Bay of Suda; Eleutherna and Axus, on the northern slopes of Mount Ida; and Lappa, between the White Mountains and the sea.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1955–1988).