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Definition: APTERA |
APTERANoun plural1. Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders. |
Etymology: Aptera \Ap"te*ra\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. aptera, from the Greek expression without wings; 'a priv. wing, to fly.]. (Websters 1913) |
"APTERA" is a common misspelling or typo for: Apteral. |
Crosswords: APTERA |
| English words defined with "APTERA": Apteran ♦ Moringa. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "APTERA": Apteria, Apteryx. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "APTERA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (adapt). |
Expressions using "APTERA": M aptera ♦ moringa aptera. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "APTERA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Manx | ushagyn gyn skian. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | apteraay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "APTERA": apteral. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "APTERA" (pronounced 'Ap"te*ra'): Abra, Abracadabra, Acciaccatura, Acetabulifera, Agora, Agouara, Alhambra, Almagra, Amphineura, Amphora, Anaphora, Angora, Anisopleura, Anoplura, Anura, Aplacophora, Appoggiatura, Arara, Arthropleura, Asura, Aura, Aurora, Barbara, Basommatophora, Brachelytra, Brachyptera, Brachyura, Branchiura, Bravura, Caelatura, Caesura, Calyptra, Camara, Camorra, Capibara, Capra, Capybara, Caracara, Carnivora, Cathedra, Cephalophora, Cephaloptera, Cesura, Chara, Cheiroptera, Chelicera, Chelura, Chikara, Chimaera, Chimera. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: apart, apter, parae, pater, peart, prate, reata, taper. | |
-2 letters: aper, area, atap, para, pare, part, pate, pear, peat, pert, prat, rape, rapt, rate, reap, tapa, tape, tare, tarp, tear, tepa, trap. | |
-3 letters: ape, apt, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, eta, par, pat, pea, per, pet, rap, rat, rep, ret, tae, tap, tar. | |
-4 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: adapter, apteral, apteria, parapet, partake, readapt. | |
+2 letters: adapters, antirape, apparent, asperate, aspirate, catnaper, earthpea, malapert, palestra, parakeet, parakite, parament, parapets, paraquet, parasite, parental, parietal, parlante, partaken, partaker, partakes, patellar, paternal, placater, preadapt, prenatal, readapts, separate, septaria, tapadera, tapadero, tarpaper, taxpayer, trapezia, trappean. | |
+3 letters: acropetal, afterclap, ametropia, apartheid, apartment, apartness, appertain, applecart, approbate, aspartame, aspartate, asperated, asperates, aspiratae, aspirated, aspirates, atemporal, carpetbag, catnapers, catnapper, deathtrap, disparate, drawplate, earthpeas, evaporate, lapstrake, malaperts, mercaptan, metacarpi, pageantry, palaestra, palestrae, palestras, parachute, parakeets, parakites, paramenta, paraments, parameter, parapeted, paraquets, parasites, parataxes, parentage, parietals, parrakeet, partakers, pastorale, pastorate, pasturage, patronage, paymaster, peasantry, pentagram, perinatal, placaters, planetary, preadapts, propagate, psalteria, ramparted, ratepayer, readapted, satrapies, separated, separates, separator, spermatia, tapaderas, tapaderos, tarpapers, taxpayers, trapanned. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 54 45 52 41 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. - . .-. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010000 01010100 01000101 01010010 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A P T E R A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 0054 0045 0052 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)355054395235 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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