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Pterygota

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 258 words | Copyright

Pterygota (subphylum Uniramia, class Insecta) The larger of the two subclasses of insects, whose members have wings or, if wingless, whose wings have been secondarily lost. The subclass includes all insects except for those placed in the subclass Apterygota.

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