Aptera

== Translingual == === Etymology === From New Latin aptera, from Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros) === Proper noun === Aptera (Aptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Blaberidae – certain giant cockroaches, of South Africa. Any of various higher-ranking groups of wingless arthropods, including: (obsolete) In former classifications: an order comprising various wingless arthropods (such as spiders, centipedes, and certain insects) Any of suborder Entotrophi of bristletails. Any of subclass Apterygota of wingless insects, including principally bristletails and springtails. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus in Blaberidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Polyneoptera – superorder; Blattodea – order; Blaberoidea – superfamily; Blaberidae – family; Epilamprinae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus in Blaberidae): Aptera fusca, Aptera munda – species === References === Aptera (cockroach) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Aptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Aptera (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Aptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Aptera”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “Aptera”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == English == === Etymology === From Greek Ἄπτερα (Áptera), from Ancient Greek Άπταρα (Áptara), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀞𐀲𐀷 (a-pa-ta-wa, “Apatawa”) === Proper noun === Aptera (historical) An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site. Synonym: Apteron