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apterygotous

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ap⋅ter⋅y⋅gote

  [ap-ter-i-goht, ap-ter-]
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–adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Apterygota, a subclass of primitive wingless insects that undergo little or no metamorphosis.
Also, ap⋅ter⋅y⋅go⋅tous  [ap-ter-i-goh-tuhs] .

Origin:
< NL Apterygota name of the subclass, equiv. to a- a- 6 + Pterygota < Gk, neut. pl. of pterygōtós winged, deriv. of pteryg- (s. of ptéryx) wing
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