apteral Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
  2. adjective satellite (of insects) without wings
    apterous.

WordNet

Ap"ter*al adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Apterous.
  2. (Arch.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral. R. Cyc.

Webster 1913