sb. pl. Zool. [mod. L., f. Gr. ἀφαν-ής unseen + -πτερος winged, f. πτερόν wing.] A small order of insects, in which the wings exist only as rudimentary scales.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., II. xx. 317. The Aphaniptera [Flea, Chigoe] are apterous and parasitic.
