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Word: Macropterous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. From ancient Greek μακρόπτερος (from μακρός + -πτερος: see -pterous) + -ous
Definition:
Having long or large wings; (Entomology) having full-sized wings.
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