Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having long or large wings. Used of insects.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Long-winged; macropteran; longipennine or longipennate, as a bird.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having long wings or fins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
long wings orfins .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The relationships between the important life-history traits did not change between the micropterous and macropterous individuals or between the high and low quality diet treatments.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew D. Hall et al. 2008
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Importantly in Gryllus firmus, the potential differences between macropterous and micropterous individuals are not due to differences in the acquisition of resources.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew D. Hall et al. 2008
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[reviewed in 31], feature individuals of two distinct wing morphs: a micropterous (short-winged) morph that lacks the ability to fly; and a macropterous
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Matthew D. Hall et al. 2008
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