apteral | (adj) having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides, Ant. peripteral |
dermaptera | (n) earwigs and a few related forms, Syn. order Dermaptera |
megaptera | (n) humpback whales, Syn. genus Megaptera |
siphonaptera | (n) fleas, Syn. order Siphonaptera |
apterous | (adj) (of insects) without wings, Syn. apteral |
humpback | (n) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives, Syn. humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae |
kowhai | (n) shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood, Syn. Sophora tetraptera |
silver-bell tree | (n) medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas, Syn. opossum wood, Halesia tetraptera, snowdrop tree, silverbell tree, Halesia carolina |
Aptera | ‖n. pl. [ NL. aptera, fr. Gr. &unr_; without wings; |
Apteral | a. |
Apteran | n. (Zool.) One of the Aptera. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Dermapteran | |
Tetrapteran | n. [ See Tetrapterous. ] (Zool.) An insect having four wings. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Buckelwal { m }; Knurrwal { m } [ zool. ] | humpback whale; humpbacked whale; hunchback whale; hunchback; bunch whale; knucklehead (Megaptera novaeangliae) [Add to Longdo] |
月見草 | [つきみそう, tsukimisou] (n) evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera) [Add to Longdo] |
座頭鯨 | [ざとうくじら;ザトウクジラ, zatoukujira ; zatoukujira] (n) (uk) humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) [Add to Longdo] |