Definition of Pterygota in English:
Pterygota
plural noun
EntomologyA large group of insects that comprises those that have wings or winged ancestors, including the majority of modern species.
Compare with ApterygotaSubclass Pterygota, class Insecta (or Hexapoda): many orders
‘In most insects (the Pterygota) the thorax posses one or two pairs of wings for flying.’- ‘It is possible that Pterygota occurred as early as the Upper Devonian, but, again, there is no evidence for this.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek pterugōtos ‘winged’, from pteron, pterug- ‘wing’.
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