Meaning of APTERAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'apturul
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- [adj] having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
- [adj] (of insects) without wings
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| | Synonyms: | | amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, amphistylar, apterous, porticoed, prostyle, pseudoprostyle, wingless |
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| | Antonyms: | | peripteral | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ap"ter*al\, a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Apterous.
2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings
which have no series of columns along their sides, but are
either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to
{peripteral}. --R. Cyc.
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