Apteral

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  apteral
       adj 1: having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
              [ant: {peripteral}]
       2: (of insects) without wings [syn: {apterous}]