having incompletely developed or very short wings, as certain insects
Word origin
brachy- + -pterous
brachypterous in American English
(brəˈkɪptərəs)
adjective
Zoology & Ornithology
having short wings
Word origin
[1835–45; brachy- + -pterous]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, grandstand, protein, serial, squeegee-pterous is a combining form meaning “having wings” of the kind or number specified. Otherwords that use the affix -pterous include: mecopterous, siphonapterous, strepsipterous
Examples of 'brachypterous' in a sentence
brachypterous
The small size colonies comprised workers, brachypterous nymphs and white immature larvae.
M. Celina Godoy, Enrique R. Laffont, Juan M. Coronel 2015, 'Bioecological traits, abundance patterns and distribution extension of the soldierlessNeotropical termite Compositermes vindai Scheffrahn, 2013 (Isoptera: Termitidae:Apicotermitinae)', Biodiversity and Natural Historyhttp://biodiversnathist.com/index.php/bnh/article/view/9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Elasmoderus wagenknechti has been described as a brachypterous species.
JORGE CEPEDA-PIZARRO, SOLANGE VEGA, HERNÁN VÁSQUEZ, MARIO ELGUETA 2003, 'Morfometría y dimorfismo sexual de Elasmoderus wagenknechti (Liebermann) (Orthoptera:Tristiridae) en dos eventos de irrupción poblacional Morphometry and sexual dimorphismof Elasmoderus wagenknechti (Liebermann) (Orthoptera: Tristiridae) in two populationoutbreaks', Revista Chilena de Historia Naturalhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2003000300007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)