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Aphaniptera

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Aphˊa-nip′te-ra

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] invisible (

ἀ

priv. + [GREEK] to appear) + [GREEK] a wing.]

(Zool.)

A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See

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