aphaniptera

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aphaniptera - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aphaniptera \Aph`a*nip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? invisible
     ('a priv. + ? to appear) + ? a wing.] (Zool.)
     A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type.
     See Flea.
     [1913 Webster]