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Meaning of "brachypterous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRACHYPTEROUS

brachypterous  [bræˈkɪptərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRACHYPTEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brachypterous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BRACHYPTEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brachypterous

Brachyptery

Brachyptery is an anatomical condition in which an animal has very reduced wings. Such animals or their wings may be described as "brachypterous". Brachypterous wings generally are not functional as organs of flight and often seem to be totally functionless and vestigial. In some species however, wings that are vestigial in the sense of not retaining any function related to flight, may have other functions, such as organs of aposematic display in some Orthoptera and Phasmatodea. Brachyptery occurs commonly among insects. An insect species might evolve towards brachyptery in reducing its flight muscles with their associated energy demands, or in avoiding the hazards of flight in windy conditions on oceanic islands, in which flying insects are prone to drowning. Brachyptery also is common in ectoparasitic insects that have no use for wings, and inquiline insects with socially parasitic life strategies that do not require functional wings. In some species of insects brachyptery occurs in some members, whereas fully functional wings occur in macropterous individuals. Other forms of brachyptery may depend on the temperature at which the insect grew and developed.

Definition of brachypterous in the English dictionary

The definition of brachypterous in the dictionary is having very short or incompletely developed wings.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRACHYPTEROUS


aphanipterous
ˌæfəˈnɪptərəs
apterous
ˈæptərəs
chiropterous
kaɪˈrɒptərəs
coleopterous
ˌkɒlɪˈɒptərəs
dipterous
ˈdɪptərəs
hemipterous
hɪˈmɪptərəs
heteropterous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒptərəs
homopterous
həʊˈmɒptərəs
hymenopterous
ˌhaɪmɪˈnɒptərəs
lepidopterous
ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərəs
macropterous
məˈkrɒptərəs
neuropterous
njʊˈrɒptərəs
orthopterous
ɔːˈθɒptərəs
plecopterous
pləˈkɒptərəs
strepsipterous
strɛpˈsɪptərəs
tetrapterous
tɛˈtræptərəs
thysanopterous
ˌθɪsəˈnɒptərəs
trachypterus
træˈkɪptərəs
trichopterous
trɪˈkɒptərəs
tripterous
ˈtrɪptərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRACHYPTEROUS

brachycerous
brachydactyl
brachydactylic
brachydactylism
brachydactylous
brachydactyly
brachydiagonal
brachydome
brachygraphy
brachylogies
brachylogous
brachylogy
brachyodont
brachypinakoid
brachyprism
brachypterism
brachytherapy
brachyural
brachyuran
brachyurous

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRACHYPTEROUS

boisterous
cadaverous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
humorous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of brachypterous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brachypterous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRACHYPTEROUS

Find out the translation of brachypterous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brachypterous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brachypterous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

短翅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

braquípteras
570 millions of speakers

English

brachypterous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

brachypterous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

brachypterous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

короткокрылых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

braquípteros
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

brachypterous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brachyptères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brachypterous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

brachypterous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

短翅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

brachypterous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brachypterous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brachypterous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

brachypterous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्राचिपॉर्लेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

brachypterous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brachypterous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brachypterous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

короткокрилих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brachypterous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

brachypterous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brachypterous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brachypterous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brachypterous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brachypterous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRACHYPTEROUS»

The term «brachypterous» is normally little used and occupies the 148.286 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRACHYPTEROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brachypterous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRACHYPTEROUS»

Discover the use of brachypterous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brachypterous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Revision of the Plant Bug Genus Tytthus (Hemiptera, ...
Stonington Township, Barn Island, 41.335°N, 71.906°W 11 Aug 1971, RT. and J. c. Schuh, 9 <16 (00095349, 00165938 - 00165945), 11 99 (00095350, 00165946 - 00165955) (AMNH), 1 6 ( 00138679) (USNM) (all brachypterous, except two ...
Thomas J. Henry, 2012
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The Ants
The other, containing brachypterous (short-winged) queens unable to fly, started new colonies by fission. The brachypterous queens were either adopted back into the natal nest or escorted to new nest sites by their worker sisters.
Bert Hölldobler, 1990
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Heteroptera of Economic Importance
198 Ib). The question of the natural host plant is important in assessing the significance of the relatively high percentage of the flightless brachypterous form (67%, Leonard 1966) in B. l. hirtus. Leonard discusses wing polymorphism in the B.
Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, 2000
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Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities
Studies on the planthopper Prokelisia dolus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) showed that brachypterous males gained several advantages compared to macropterous males, in stable habitats in which migration was not important, and female ...
Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks, 2011
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New East African Taxa in the Genus Gymnobothroides ...
A similar criticism may also be levelled at the use of brachypterous tegminal facies for defining generic boundaries. Are we justified in putting brachypterous species together in a genus, or should such an aggregation be considered artificial ...
6
Insect Conservation and Islands
The author thanks Matti Tikkanen for providing the figure If flight is the main means by which a carabid species can reach an island, brachypterous or apterous species should be under-represented on islands, particularly highly isolated ones.
T. R. New, 2008
7
Encyclopedia of Entomology
83) and brachypterous nymphs. Each year, for a period of about 6-8 weeks, the mature colonies produce huge swarms of winged adults or primary reproductives . After a short flight to the nearest source of light, the alates land on the ground, ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
8
Recent Trends in Animal Behaviour
The mean pre-oviposition period and oviposition period in brachypterous and macropterous forms were 2.201090 and 5.9311.42 days, and 2.401110 and 56611.74 days, respectively. The hatching process in eggs laid by brachypterous forms ...
Ethological Society of India Annual Conference, Shakunthala Sridhara, 2009
9
Insect Pests of Rice
All adult leafhoppers have well-developed wings, but the planthoppers have two distinct winged forms, macropterous and brachypterous. The macropterous forms have normal front and hind wings, but in brachypterous forms the wings are ...
10
Geographical Differentiation in Arctic Anatidae as a Result ...
These species have brachypterous and macropterous forms. The forms differ genetically. The macropterous beetles are homozygotes, the brachypterous ones are heterozygotes. The brachypterous beetles cannot fly. Within the distribution ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRACHYPTEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brachypterous is used in the context of the following news items.
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2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals
Kate Miller of Abilene, Texas, spells the the word "brachypterous" correctly during the semifinal round of the National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 29, 2014, ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, May 14»
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Travel, warm weather brings in bed bugs
Adults are brachypterous; the hindwings are nearly absent and the forewings are reduced to small, leathery pads. As you can see here, ... «The Albany Herald, Apr 13»

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