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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Apteral

· Ap·ter·al · IPA /ˈæptəɹəl/
01 a. Apterous.
  1. 1.
    Apterous.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    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.(Arch.)