Definition of "endopterygote" []

• Of or belonging to the superorder Endopterygota.
• An insect of the superorder Endopterygota. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "All of these insects are, however, Coleoptera, and the adult insects of this order are much more disposed to walk and crawl and less disposed to fly than other endopterygote insects."
• "In not a few endopterygote insects, the pupa shows more or less activity, swimming through water intermittently"
• "We have already noticed (p. 40) how Sharp (1899) has laid stress on the essential difference between the exopterygote and endopterygote insects, the wing-rudiments of the former growing outwards throughout life while those of the latter remain hidden until the pupal instar."