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Definition of Brachypterous
1. Adjective. (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings.
Definition of Brachypterous
1. a. Having short wings.
Definition of Brachypterous
1. Adjective. (zoology) An anatomical condition meaning that an animal has very reduced, non-functional wings. ¹
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Definition of Brachypterous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Brachypterous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachypterous
Literary usage of Brachypterous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches on North American Acridiidae by Albert Pitts Morse (1904)
"The presence of apterous or brachypterous, that is to say, flightless, ...
Of these many are brachypterous or apterous, in short, flightless. ..."
2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"The species being so long known only in the brachypterous state, it is natural
... and by exceedingly abundant in Europe ; but a brachypterous form however ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"The five species belonging here are brachypterous, but have a wide range, ...
The six species grouped here are brachypterous and are mainly confined to the ..."
4. Proceedings by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"Described from 13 females (of which four are brachypterous) and 8 males, all from
Illinois, as follows: Cherry Valley, August 14, 1909, Hugh Glasgow, ..."
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