Aptera
See also: aptera
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin aptera, from Greek άπτερα (áptera), from άπτερος (ápteros), from Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros)
Proper noun
Aptera
- (Aptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – certain giant cockroaches, of South Africa.
- Any of various higher-ranking groups of wingless arthropods, including:
- (obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)
- Entotrophi, certain of the bristletails
- Apterygota, certain wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Blaberidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Polyneoptera – superorder; Blattodea – order; Blaberoidea – superfamily; Blaberidae – family; Epilamprinae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus in Blaberidae): Aptera fusca, Aptera munda – species
References
- Aptera (cockroach) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Aptera (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Aptera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Aptera”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
English
Etymology
From Greek Ἄπτερα (Áptera), from Ancient Greek Άπταρα (Áptara), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀞𐀲𐀷 (a-pa-ta-wa, “Apatawa”)
Proper noun
Aptera