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APTERAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

amphiprostylar; amphiprostyle; amphistylar; porticoed (marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure)

prostyle; pseudoprostyle (marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure)

Antonym:

peripteral (having columns on all sides)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of insects) without wings

Synonyms:

apteral; apterous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

wingless (lacking wings)

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