Helen Fenton

Apteryx: Definition and part of speech

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Apteryx

  1. n. A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aptitude: Definition and part of speech

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Aptitude

  1. n. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
  2. n. A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.
  3. n. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aptness: Definition and part of speech

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Aptness

  1. n. Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
  2. n. Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
  3. n. Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
  4. n. Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aptychus: Definition and part of speech

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Aptychus

  1. n. A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.