Hyphenation of apterous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word apterous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

apter-ous

Definitions of apterous:

1.	(of insects) without wings

Synonyms of apterous:

adj	apteral, wingless

Last hyphenations of this language

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