Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of insects including only the order Thysanura, which contains wingless forms only that are supposed to have descended from wingless ancestors.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
subclass within theclass Insecta — thewingless insects .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek απτέρυγος ("wingless")
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Examples
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Lepidoptera and Diptera, to maxillary structures: has also been used for the hypopharynx, and that use might be adopted: a median organ of the hypopharynx in Apterygota.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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This is the rule (see Chapters II and III) with the Apterygota, the Orthoptera, and most of the Hemiptera.
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Those curious lowly insects, belonging to the two orders of the Collembola and Thysanura, none of whose members ever develop wings at all, form a third sub-class, the _Apterygota_ (see
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