pterotic
English
adj
Definitions
- (anatomy) Of or relating to a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πτερόν (wing, feather).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πτερόν
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
翼
Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -pter English
- -pteran English
- -pterous English
- apterium English
- dermopterotic English
- dipteran English
- hymenopteran English
- peripter English
- peripterous English
- periptery English
- pteranodon English
- pteropod English
- balaena Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- lepidopterus Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- macropterus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- micropterus Latin
- pteria Latin
- pterus Latin
- xanthopterus Latin
- ornitottero Italian
- héli- French
- ptérion French
- ptérodactyle French
- δίπτερος Ancient Greek
- πτέρινος Ancient Greek
- πτερόν Ancient Greek
- φοινικόπτερος Ancient Greek
- ὑμενόπτερος Ancient Greek
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- φτερό Greek (modern)