English Explanatory Dictionary

pteroid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bone, found only in pterosaurs, that connected to the wrist to support the propatagium.
adj
  1. Resembling a wing or a feather.

Word forms

pteroid pteroids more pteroid most pteroid

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -oid; by surface analysis, pter(o)- + -oid.

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