brachypterous

1. 1.

   (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings

   Synonymsshort-winged

   Similarwinged

Questions about brachypterous

What does brachypterous mean?

brachypterous means "(especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings".

How many syllables are in brachypterous?

brachypterous has 4 syllables and divides as bra-chyp-te-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for brachypterous?

Close synonyms include short-winged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.