apteral

Definitions of apteral
  1. adjective
    (of insects) without wings
    synonyms: apterous
    wingless
    lacking wings
  2. adjective
    having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
    synonyms:
    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
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    antonyms:
    peripteral
    having columns on all sides
    monopteral
    having circular columniation
    peristylar, pseudoperipteral
    having columniation completely circling an area of the structure
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