apteral

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
apteral
    adj 1: having columns at one or both ends but not along the
           sides [ant: {peripteral}]
    2: (of insects) without wings [syn: {apterous}, {apteral}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Apteral \Ap"ter*al\, a.
   1. (Zool.) Apterous.
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   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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