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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings;
[syn: brachypterous, short-winged]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brachypterous \Bra*chyp"ter*ous\, a. [Gr. ? : cf. F. brachypt[`e]re.] (Zool.) Having short wings. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brachypterous adj 1: (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings [syn: brachypterous, short-winged]