Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Winged; alate; having wings or wing-like parts; specifically, belonging to the Pterygota.
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- noun Any
insect of the orderPterygota .
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Examples
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Burmester found that stoneflies do indeed have hemocyanin in their blood Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 871-874 that reversibly binds oxygen, and it appears that no other pterygote insects possess this trait.
Pharyngula: An evolutionary prediction - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Burmester found that stoneflies do indeed have hemocyanin in their blood Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 871-874 that reversibly binds oxygen, and it appears that no other pterygote insects possess this trait.
Pharyngula: An evolutionary prediction - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Rowing locomotion by a stonefly that possesses the ancestral pterygote condition of co-occurring wings and abdominal gills.
Pharyngula: An evolutionary prediction - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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