apteroidn.
/ˈaptərɔɪd/ Zoology. rare.
A bird having the wings merely rudimentary (as the emu).
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1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 306 In birds, reptiles and insects, there are some which have been falsely called apteroids, or apods; for they possess in concealment the members which their name declares them to want.
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n.1836- to have one's ears to the ground
- to have one's eye after
- to have one's eye in
- to have one's eye on
- to have one's eye on the ball
- to have one's eye on the prize
- to have one's eye one's merchant
- to have one's eye to the prize
- to have one's eye upon
- to have one's eye well in
- to have one's eyeball on
- to have one's eyes in
- to have one's eyes on the prize
- to have one's eyes well in
- to have one's eyeteeth
- to have one's eyeteeth about one
- to have one's face made of a fiddle
- to have one's fair share
- to have one's feet loose
- to have one's feet on the ground
- to have one's fere
- to have one's finger on the pulse
- to have one's fingers burnt
- to have one's fingers crossed
- to have one's fingers in the till