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ˈɾԲ
/ ˈɪŋɪ /
adjective
- having no wings or vestigial wings
- designating primitive insects of the subclass Apterygota, characterized by small size, lack of wings, and larvae resembling the adults: includes the springtails and bristletails
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Derived Forms
- ˈɾԲness, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ɾԲl·Ա noun
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In contrast, workers are wingless females with smaller body size and degenerated reproductive tracts, usually without a sperm storage organ.
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Just inside, Max Streicher’s “Quadriga” stages massive billowing horses that call to mind wingless Pegasi the way they seem to gallop through the air.
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The wingless insects usually spread through direct contact from the hair of one person to the hair of another.
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The wingless, pill-shaped insects feed on mammalian blood and, as indicated by their name, are notorious for infesting human dwellings.
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The human louse is a wingless, blood-sucking parasite that lives its entire life on its host.
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