Definition of APTERAL

apteral

Adjective

  • Having no columns on the sides; wingless.
  • having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides

Adjective Satellite

  • (of insects) without wings

Adj

  • apterous, wingless
  • Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.

Examples

  • His strategy was apteral, lacking the high-flying scores of a bingo player.

Synonyms

apterous

Antonyms

peripteral

Scrabble Score: 9

apteral: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
apteral: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
apteral: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

apteral: valid Words With Friends Word