Meanings
- not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to fleas of Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.
1 more example
According to the brief text surrounding the drawing, the emerald was an aphanipterous parasite of Caledonian wintergreen, a plant peculiar to Scotland, and was sometimes endowed with an intermittent phosphorescence at night which gave rise to a sort of green halo above it, parallel to the general plane of its body.
1914, Raymond Roussel, translated by Rupert Copeland Cuningham, Locus Solus
Origin
From translingual Aphaniptera + -ous.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Irish afanaipteireach
- afanaipteireachof or pertaining to the Aphaniptera
Cite this entry
aphanipterous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aphanipterous
“aphanipterous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aphanipterous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aphanipterous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aphanipterous.
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