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pentapterous

pentapterous adjective: having five wings.

Adjective

pentapterous (not comparable)

  1. Having five wings.

Origin of pentapterous

penta- + -pterous

Questions about pentapterous

What does pentapterous mean?
Pentapterous means having five wings.
What part of speech is pentapterous?
Pentapterous is an adjective.

Words near pentapterous in the dictionary

  1. pentapotassium
  2. pentaprism
  3. pentaprismatic
  4. pentaprismo-
  5. pentaprisms
  6. pentapterous
  7. pentaptote
  8. pentaptotes
  9. pentaptych
  10. pentaptychs
  11. pentapyrimidine

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