Usually means: Having short or reduced wings.
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  1. brachypterous: Merriam-Webster
  2. brachypterous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. brachypterous: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. brachypterous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. brachypterous: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Brachypterous, brachypterous: Dictionary.com
  10. Brachypterous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Brachypterous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. brachypterous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  14. Brachypterous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. brachypterous: FreeDictionary.org
  16. brachypterous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. brachypterous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. brachypterous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brachypterous)

▸ adjective:  (zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings.

Similar:
winged, short-winged, brachypteran, brachelytrous, apteral, micropterous, acanthopterous, brevipennate, stenopterous, micropteran, more...

Opposite:
macropterous, long-winged, fully-winged

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Similar:
winged, short-winged, brachypteran, brachelytrous, apteral, micropterous, acanthopterous, brevipennate, stenopterous, micropteran, more...

Opposite:
macropterous, long-winged, fully-winged



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