Aptera

See also: aptera

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin aptera, from Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros)

Proper noun

Aptera

1. (Aptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – certain giant cockroaches, of South Africa.
2. Any of various higher-ranking groups of wingless arthropods, including:
   1. (obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects)
   2. Any of suborder Entotrophi of bristletails.
   3. Any of subclass Apterygota of 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 Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “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

1. (historical) An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site.

   Synonym: Apteron

Derived terms

• apteran